Nuisance as way
stated before has so many connotations both the
view of a layman and under the law are all geared towards one meaning. Except
that under the law nuisance are restricted to not be all the or every
inconveniences.
Under the legal sense, a nuisance is any unreasonable interference with another
person in the use and enjoyment of land or a right attached to it that was the definition given by the court in the case of Abiola V Ijeoma (19700 ALL
NLR 569.
In our society today, especially Nigeria to be
précised, the way me answer our calls, play our
individual music
can be tagged “God save your people”, too much
noise which is one of the
incidence of nuisance. Blocking a
public highway, a heap of refuse, or
sand on a public road, dust, or fumes settling on and
destroying crops or other properties,
all comprises examples of nuisance in
our society today
Nuisance and its
environmental consequence in Nigeria is
a broad topic to be enlarged. If we
consider how some parts of Nigeria
environment look like, it will be
more necessary to state here using a common man’s meaning of nuisance, as any
thing or person that causes trouble, in
convenience or obstructions to the convenient of another. However, in legal sense, the word nuisance has a less wide meaning. The short averment is so because every inconvenience, irritation, or annoyance is
not actionable as a nuisance, depending
on the maturity of the community or area in which it occur.
However, in Nigeria
context, environmental consequence of
nuisance can be viewed in the
following sectors.
-
Oil
sector (water damage )
-
Quarry
sector
-
Noise
-
Posting
of bills