The Lagos State Government has arrested six suspects for allegedly extorting traders and residents who use the pedestrian bridge in the Yaba area of the state.
The Lagos state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post on X.
According to Wahab, the arrest was made in reaction to a viral video where the suspects were seen carrying out the act.
The suspects, whose identities were not disclosed were reported to have imposed levy on each pedestrian with luggage.
In response to the viral video of some miscreants extorting traders and other Lagosians on a pedestrian bridge in Yaba, I instructed the Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial to immediately arrest the persons and the officer involved.⊠pic.twitter.com/oUcgC7BJis
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) March 21, 2024
Additional 4 persons were arrested for extorting traders and Lagosians using the pedestrian bridges across the State.#ZeroToleranceLagos #CleanerLagos https://t.co/huauyNV1BT pic.twitter.com/haBQfknhid
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) March 21, 2024
In a follow-up post, Tokunbo Wahab disclosed that a Magistrate Court in Oshodi sentenced the six defendants to 1 month in prison each, for “Breach of Public Peace and illegal collection of money from people with goods”.
As a follow-up to the arrests made of miscreants extorting traders on the pedestrian bridge across Lagos, the magistrate court sitting in Oshodi convicted the defendants for Breach of Public Peace and illegal collection of money from people with goods. Magistrate Oshikoya⊠pic.twitter.com/ia6CxiuUWF
— Tokunbo Wahab (@tokunbo_wahab) March 21, 2024