Twelve persons were today sentenced at Uselu Mobile Court in Egor Local government Area of Edo State, for trading in unauthorised places and violating wearing of face masks in public places.
It would be recalled that, street trading , wearing of face masks, dusk-to dawn curfew among others, were imposed by Edo State Government to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
The Prosecuting Counsel,
Isaac Omokhide-Kadiri said that the 12 persons, who were apprehended at wire road and Uselu axis, pleaded liable to the offence.
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According to Omokhide-Kadiri,
among the 12 persons; some of the defendants were apprehended while trading in an unauthorized places, while others were arrested in public places without face masks.
Presiding Chief Magistrate, Prince Mutairu Oare directed the convicts to carry out community services in line with the state government’s non-custodial regulation.
The punishment include clearing drains, shrubs, picking of trashes, compulsory community sensitisation and grass cutting, among others.
The sentences ranged from one day to three days non-custodial community service.
The Chief Magistrate however, gave the convicts an option to pay a fine between N500 and N4,000.
The offenders would be handled by officers from the state correctional Center during the punishment period.
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