Lagos Prosecutes 95 Pedestrians For Crossing Highways

February 7, 2020

The Lagos State government has so far this year dragged 95 people before the state’s Mobile Court for allegedly failing to use the pedestrian bridges while crossing the highways.

The Corps Marshal of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), Mrs Gbemisola Akinpelu who disclosed this on Thursday, at the Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi, said, this was in line with the Environmental Sanitation Protection Law 2017.

According to her, this is to step-up its “Operation Zero Tolerance to indiscriminate crossing of highways in Lagos”.

Akinpelu promised to sustain and extend the operations to every part of the State in line with the resolved of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stem the spate of environmental offences and traffic laws in the State.

The Corps Marshal also decried the unfounded rumour circulating in the social media that the Lagos State Government has directed LAGESC officials in mufti to arrest erring pedestrians.

Akinpelu said every LAGESC officers on lawful duties are to be officially dressed with the LAGESC uniforms with their name tags boldly on it.

She warned imposters extorting money from members of the public to desist from such act or face the wrath of the law.

Also, she called on rumour peddlers to abstain from misleading members of the public .

Akinpelu advised pedestrians to make use of the bridges for free flow of traffic warning that it is an offence to endanger their lives by crossing the highways which puts them at risk of getting knocked down by ‘hit and run’ drivers.

She further affirmed the stance of the Lagos State Government to protect against unnecessary loss of lives and ease free flow of traffic in the state.

Akinpelu insisted that the commitment of the Agency at ensuring arrests and prosecution of defaulters who fail to make use of pedestrian bridges where they are erected strategically for crossing of highways.