The Lagos State government has ordered the Corp Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd), and other law enforcement agents to arrest anyone found crossing the highway in the state.
This was disclosed on Sunday by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.
According to Wahab, those arrested crossing the highway would be prosecuted immediately.
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“Crossing the highway is an offence in Lagos State. Lagos State government has given a marching order to the @LAGESCOfficial (KAI) Marshall and other law enforcement officials to arrest anyone crossing the highway and then charge them to court immediately,” the commissioner said via his X handle on Sunday.
He urged residents to make use of the pedestrian bridge while crossing the highway across the state.
“Please use the pedestrian bridges across the State,” Wahab pleaded.
The order is in line with the provisions of the 2017 Lagos State Environmental Management Protection Law, which prohibits residents from crossing the highway without making use of the pedestrian bridge.
This is coming after about a week that operatives of the lagesc, also known as Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) brigade, apprehended pedestrians who the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources said “risked their lives to cross the major road without using the Pedestrian Bridge at Ojota despite repeated warnings.”