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Lagos Govt vows to arrest miscreants extorting Yaba bridge pedestrians

...goes tough on those extorting pedestrians

Adejayan Gbenga Gsong by Adejayan Gbenga Gsong
March 21, 2024
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  • Maintained that the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps will ensure a clampdown on those on the run

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab has ordered the arrest of miscreants extorting traders and unsuspecting citizens on the Yaba pedestrian bridge.

This was disclosed in a post via his X handle on Thursday.

Responding to the viral video in which thugs were seen harassing and extorting people on the Yaba bridge, Wahab stated that the criminals will be arrested and charged to court.

He also maintained that the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps will ensure a clampdown on those on the run.

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“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 to immediately arrest the persons and the officer involved.

“They will be arraigned immediately in court while the clampdown on those on the run would continue,” he wrote.

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