63 arrested for street trading, highway-crossing in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline arrested 63 pedestrians and street traders on Thursday.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on his official X handle on Friday.
Mr Wahab said some were arrested in various parts of the state for crossing the highway instead of using the pedestrian bridges.
He wrote, “63 persons were arrested yesterday by the officials of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial (KAI) at different locations in the state for crossing the highway without using the pedestrian bridge and street trading.
“Some of these locations are Oshodi Oke, Ile Epo, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ajah etc.”
He added that they have been charged to the court for prosecution in line with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Protection Law 2017.
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