A Magistrate Court in Kano State presided by Magistrate Auwalu Yusuf, has sentenced a man named Ibrahim Abubaka to three months in prison for burning car tyres and polluting the environment, reports Business TodayNG.
The Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, through its lawyer Barista Bahijjah H. Aliyu, took Abubakar to court after he was caught breaking environmental and public health laws.
Police officers on patrol in the Tukuntawa Gidan Radio area arrested Abubakar while he was burning tyres; an act that produces dangerous smoke and harmful to people’s health.
The case followed complaints from residents of the area.
In response, the Director of Pollution Control in the ministry, Ibrahim Nasir, led a team to investigate the matter. The ministry then took the case to court.
During the court session, the prosecutor presented strong evidence showing the health risks caused by burning of tyres.
The judge Abubakar the culprit guilty and gave him an option of either paying a fine or serving three months in prison.
