The Lagos State Government has promised to prosecute all 11 employees of 10 POTS Night Club for allegedly assaulting state inspectors and breaking the seals of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, and the property owners.
Tokunbo Wahab, the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, revealed this on Sunday.
The commissioner commented in the aftermath of the arrest of 11 personnel mlf 10 POTS Night Club, four males and seven females, who were arrested after brutalizing state officials who had earlier sealed the premises for noise pollution.
Wahab promised that they would all be charged in relevant courts of law on Monday, as well as the property owner, to serve as a deterrent to anyone who might consider pursuing such criminal alternatives.
The arrested personnel allegedly removed the LASEPA seal that was used to protect the premises on Saturday, October 14, between 11.11 a.m. and 11.33 a.m., after enforcement efforts.
When LASEPA operatives returned to the club at 12.44 p.m., it had been reopened and was open for business.
“Attempts to reseal the premises were violently resisted by the staffers, inflicting bodily harm on state officials, necessitating the call for reinforcement of security,” Wahab stated.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
