The Lagos State Government has detained two suspects for allegedly extorting businessmen and residents who use a pedestrian bridge in the Yaba district of the state.
Tokunbo Wahab, the state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, announced this on his X (previously Twitter) account on Thursday.
According to Wahab, the arrest was conducted in response to a viral video showing the defendants carrying out the act.
The accused, whose identities were not revealed, were said to have levied a fee on each pedestrian carrying bags.
He stated, “In reaction to the viral video of some miscreants extorting vendors and other Lagosians on a pedestrian bridge in Yaba, I asked the Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial to promptly arrest the people and the officer involved.
“They will be arraigned immediately in court while the clampdown on those on the run would continue.”