Urukpota Mobile Court sitting in Benin on Tuesday sentenced 32 persons to community services.
This was in line with the Correctional Centre of Non-Custodial Regulation for violation of face masks as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Edo Government had in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic imposed the compulsory use of face masks as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
The Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Orubosa Okubor, said that the 32 persons were apprehended within Benin metropolis and they pleaded liable to the offence.
The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Rusberth Imafidon, directed the convicts to carry out community services in line with the Correctional Centre of Non-Custodial Regulation.
The punishment include: clearing drains, shrubs, picking of trash, compulsory community sensitisation, grass-cutting, among others.
Imafidon noted that the offenders would be punished for three hours for one day to serve as deterrent to other violators as non- custodial community service.
The Correctional officers will handle the offenders during the punishment period.
