By Osagie Alonge
The Lagos State Government has stressed its ban on the selling or distribution of pornographic materials in the state by clamping down on sellers and distributors.
On Tuesday, four alleged distributors of pornographic materials were apprehended at Cele Bus Stop on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway by the Lagos State Task force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.
According to reports, Yinka Dada (25) Udoh Nne (29) Sylvester Obodoe (18) and Poopola Bamidele (18) will be arraigned before the Special Offences Court at the task force yard and prosecuted for selling obscene materials.
Task force Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman, told PM News that the arrest was made because there had been complaints by the residents of the resurgence of pornographic materials on the streets of Lagos.
‘We got complaints from the residents that pornographic materials were sold in some parts of the state. We had cleared the materials off the streets of Lagos before but the traders are back to business again. We have to arrest the situation again. We are going to charge those arrested to court to serve as deterrent to others’, Sulaiman said.
According to him, displaying pornographic materials on the streets where youngsters could see them has negative influence on the children.
‘Whenever you see pornographic materials being displayed, you always see children viewing or looking at them. It influences them negatively. We have a culture in Yoruba land which we must abide with. We are not infringing on their rights to sell, but they are infringing on the rights of these children by exposing such obscene materials to them’.
