The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences
(Enforcement) Unit has begun clampdown on distributors and sellers of
pornographic materials across Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Four
distributors of pornographic materials were arrested at Cele Bus Stop on
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on Tuesday by the taskforce after the police
raided the area. Those arrested will be arraigned before the
Special Offences Court at the taskforce yard and prosecuted for selling
obscene materials.
The sellers of the materials arrested are Yinka
Dada, 25 years; Udoh Nne, 29 years; Sylvester Obodoe, 18 years and
Poopola Bamidele, 18 years. (pictured above)
The culprits admitted that they knew hawking pornographic materials is
prohibited in any part of the state. Obodoe said he knew the act was
outlawed in the state but resorted to hawking pornographic materials to
eke out a living.
He pleaded for mercy and promised not to violate the law again.
Taskforce
Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman, said there had been complaints by the
residents of the resurgence of pornographic materials on the streets of
Lagos.
He reiterated that the government has banned the selling or
distribution of such materials as the act has a negative influence on
children. (PM News)
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