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.
of pornographic materials were arrested at Cele Bus Stop on Oshodi-Apapa
Expressway on Tuesday by the taskforce after the police raided the area.
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.
(Enforcement) Unit has begun clampdown on distributors and sellers of
pornographic materials across Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“We got complaints from the
residents that pornographic materials were sold in some parts of the state. We
had cleared the materials off the streets of Lagos before but the traders are
back to business again. We have to arrest them and to deal with the situtation.
We are going to charge those arrested to court to serve as deterrent to
others,” he said.
residents that pornographic materials were sold in some parts of the state. We
had cleared the materials off the streets of Lagos before but the traders are
back to business again. We have to arrest them and to deal with the situtation.
We are going to charge those arrested to court to serve as deterrent to
others,” he said.
According to him, displaying
pornographic materials on the streets where youngsters could see them has
negative influence on the children. “Whenever you see pornographic
materials being displayed, you always see children viewing or looking at them.
It influences them negatively. We have a culture in Yoruba land which we must
abide with,” he stated.
pornographic materials on the streets where youngsters could see them has
negative influence on the children. “Whenever you see pornographic
materials being displayed, you always see children viewing or looking at them.
It influences them negatively. We have a culture in Yoruba land which we must
abide with,” he stated.
Sulaiman added that there is a law
against distribution of pornographic materials in the state, which the
taskforce must enforce. “We are not infringing on their rights to sell,
but they are infringing on the rights of these children by exposing such
obscene materials to them,” he added. He warned others still hawking
pornographic materials to desist from doing so because government would go
after them and prosecute them according to the laws of the state.
against distribution of pornographic materials in the state, which the
taskforce must enforce. “We are not infringing on their rights to sell,
but they are infringing on the rights of these children by exposing such
obscene materials to them,” he added. He warned others still hawking
pornographic materials to desist from doing so because government would go
after them and prosecute them according to the laws of the state.
