The Special Offences Court in Alausa area of Ikeja has sent 30 beggars
to Kirikiri and Badagry Prisons for soliciting for alms and other
offences.
They were charged to court for constituting nuisance in public by begging for alms.
The
government says it is no longer going to be business as usual for the
beggars as offenders will be prosecuted. Some of the count charges
against the beggars included conducting themselves as disorderly persons
without visible means of livelihood and thus committed an offence under
the criminal law of Lagos State.
The beggars, 39 in number
pleaded guilty to the offences and were consequently sent to Kirikiri
and Badagry Prisons for one month pending when the final judgment would
be delivered by the judge. Nine of them, as a result of their
disabilities were rejected by prison officials and were taken to the
Lagos State Rehabilitation Home, Majidun, Ikorodu on the outskirts of
Lagos.
How on earth will this beggers cope for one month in prison?
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