30 beggars have been sent to Kirikiri and Badagry Prisons for soliciting
for alms and other offences by the Special Offences Court in Alausa
area of Ikeja.
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.
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