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Lagos court jails three for assault on KAI officers

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

A Lagos magistrate court sentenced three men—Farouk Olori, Ogundare Oluwatobiloba and Taoreed Alimi—to prison for assaulting Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) officers during an enforcement raid. The verdict signals a crackdown on violence against sanitation officials and aims to protect KAI workers as they carry out city clean‑up duties.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni A Magistrate Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced three men for assaulting officials of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), during an enforcement operation. The defendants—Farouk Olori (25), Ogundare Oluwatobiloba (27), and Taoreed Alimi (20)—were arraigned before Magistrate Ariyo of the Special Offences […] The post Lagos court jails three for assault on KAI officers appeared first on Vanguard News.