Miscreants Bag One Month In Prison Over Extortion In Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that a magistrate court sitting in Oshodi has sentenced a group of miscreants to one month in prison for extorting Lagosians in the Yaba area of the state.

Earlier today, the Lagos environmental sanitation corps (LAGESC) arrested some miscreants for extorting traders and passersby in the state.

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In a series of video clips shared on X on Wednesday, hoodlums stationed at the edge of a pedestrian bridge in Yaba were captured forcefully stopping and extorting people who wanted to use the bridge.

File Image of Yaba Pedestrian Bridge

Tokunbo Wahab, the commissioner for environment and water resources, on Thursday, announced that the suspected criminals have been arrested and charged before a court of law.

File Image of Lagos State Commissioner Of Environment and Water resources, Tokunbo Waab

“In response to the viral vileo of some miscreants extorting traders and other Lagosians on a pedestrian bridge in Yaba, I instructed the Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial to immediately arrest the persons and the officer involved,” the commissioner wrote on X.

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“As a follow-up to the arrests made of miscreants extorting traders on the pedestrian bridge across Lagos, the magistrate court sitting in Oshodi convicted the defendants for Breach of Public Peace and illegal collection of money from people with goods. Magistrate Oshikoya sentenced the defendants to 1 month in prison.”

Similarly, the police command in Lagos arrested four suspected criminals during a raid of a house in the Agege area of the state where fake alcoholic drinks were being produced

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