Lawyer decries teenagers' involvement in pool betting

Date: 2017-08-18

An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Segun Ekundayo, has expressed concern on the increasing number of underage persons participating in pool and games betting in Nigeria.

Ekundayo expressed this concern in Ilorin on Thursday while speaking. According to him, betting of any kind is a habit, which children under the age of 18 should not be involved at all.

The lawyer, therefore, called on the government at all levels to come up with a legislation that would checkmate underage persons from patronising bet centres.

He lamented that children were fond of sneaking out to such centres to play games while betting agents did allow them to do so.

"It is now commonplace in the country to see teenagers bet at Bet9ja, 1960 bet, Nairabet and Baba Ijebu betting centres without any fear of being arrested.

"Government, as a matter of urgency, should take a decisive action by discouraging such act henceforth for the sake of Nigeria.

"Security agents should be deployed to such centres to monitor any underage persons found engaging in pool betting as well as apprehend centre operators harbouring them," he said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Transition Implementation Committee     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Saba Mamman Daniel     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     AbdulRauf Keji     Modibbo Kawu     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Issa Manzuma     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Mohammed Abduraheem     Yusuf Abubakar     Vasolar     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Government High School Adeta     Ilorin.Info     Yoruba     Abiodun Abdulkareem     The Herald     Yunus Oniboki     Paul Olawoore     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Olabimpe Olani     Christopher Odetunde     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Arik     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Lanwa     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Saliu Mustapha     Rebecca Bake     Ajidagba     Kamaldeen Gambari     Temitope Ogunbanke     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Magaji Erubu     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Kwara State Sports Commission     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Sulaiman Gado     Abdulrauf Aliyu     FERMA     Shehu Salau     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Balogun Ajikobi     TIIDELab     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Saka Abimbola Isau     Hijab     Yekeen Alabi     Reuben Paraje     Ishola Abdullahi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Zara Umar     Hassan Saliu     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Ndakene     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Sarkin Malamai     Okala Baba     Village Alive Development Association     United Nigeria Congress Party     Rasaq Jimoh     Oke-Oyi     George Funsho Adebayo     Alaaya     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Kola Ologbondiyan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Isin     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     AbdulGafar Tosho     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Doyin Agbamu     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Matthew Okedare     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Emmanuel Bello     Jebba     John Olajide Adedipe     Kwara Polytechnic     Ilorin Durbar     Ojuekun Sarumi     Damilola Yusuf     Omoniyi     Mary Arinde     Communication Network Support Services     Eghe Igbinehin     Ahmad Belgore     Yusuf Lawal     Boko Haram     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Folaranmi Aro     Chief Imam Of Offa     Kawu Baraje     Oko-Erin     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Bukola Saraki     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Otoge     KWIRS     Lithium     Ahmed Alhasssan     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Aminu Adisa Logun     Kwara Restoration Project     Arandun     Jamiu Oyawoye     Sherif Shagaya     Kazeem Oladepo     Hamidu Olowo     Ajayi Okasanmi     Olabimpe Olani     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Saka Keji     Yusuf Abubakar     Adeola Abraham     Budo Egba     Ayo Opadokun     KWSUED     SAPZ Project     Musa Alhassan Buge     Moro     Ariyo     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kaosarah Adeyi     Kisra     Shoprite     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Olomu     Bello John Olanrewaju     Bola Sagaya     Ganiyu Taofiq     Salihu Ajia     Press Release     Siraj Oyewale     Forgo Battery     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     LABTOP     NIPR     Saad Omo Iya     JUSUN     Yusuf Arowosaye     Clement Yomi Adeboye     International Vocational Centre