Fuel Souvenir: Court Sentences Erelu Okin To 27 Months In Prison | By: Adebayo Akinkunmi

A Lagos Particular Offences Cellular Courtroom sitting at Oshodi, has convicted a socialite Ms. Ogbulu Pearl for distributing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, as memento at a celebration.

The defendant was earlier arraigned on March 14, for the offence of distributing PMS as memento throughout her set up social gathering on March 5.

The offences violates part 251(1), 168 (1), 244 of the Legal Regulation of Lagos State, 2015 and Part 195 (2)(b) of the Environmental Administration Safety Regulation of Lagos State 2017.

Delivering judgement within the matter after the defendant modified her plea from ‘not responsible ‘ to responsible, Chief Justice of the Peace Kehinde Ogundare sentenced her to 3 months imprisonment or possibility of N15,000 high-quality on the primary rely of the cost.

The Justice of the Peace additionally ordered the defendant to pay N1 million high-quality on the second and third rely of the cost or face two years imprisonment.

Justice of the Peace Ogundare held that the prosecution has efficiently confirmed the cost towards the defendant past an inexpensive doubt and thereby convicted and sentenced her accordingly.

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