Lagos nabs 13 miscreants, 57 others for not using footbridges

Lagos State government through its Environmental Sanitation Corps , yesterday, arrested 13 miscreants and 57 others for crossing the highways without using pedestrian bridges.Lagos State government through its Environmental Sanitation Corps , yesterday, arrested 13 miscreants and 57 others for crossing the highways without using pedestrian bridges.

“I am not aware that government’s officers are arresting people for crossing the road,” she said. Meanwhile, the Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole has admonished Lagosians to make proper use of pedestrian bridges for their safety instead of crossing highways to prevent hit and run cases by speeding motorists.

Cole admonished Lagosians to desist from street trading, hawking in traffic, patronage of cart pushers for refuse disposal, erection of illegal structures on laybys, setbacks, medians, road verges, kerbs or around public schools in the State just as he warned that defaulters will be made to face the consequences via prosecution in a court competent court jurisdiction.

Isale Eko Descendants Union has called for urgent comprehensive reset of the Lagos Island Central Business District to curb incessant fire incidents leading to loss of lives and property in the area. The late former group political editor, The Guardian Newspapers, Omovuakpo Esajere, will be buried on Friday, May 3, in Lagos, family members have announced. Aged 71, Esajere’s service of song is slated for WednesdayA prosecution witness, Gafar Ademolake, yesterday, told a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, how a 72-year-old estate agent, Muritala Adebayo allegedly defrauded him of three cars and millions of naira.

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