Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has enjoined Lagossians to use the Pedestrian bridges in the State and to desist from assaulting Environmental Officers on duty, in a recent tweet, the Lawyer, Tokunbo Wahab said, “We enjoin every well-meaning Lagosians to desist from assaulting our environmental officers and also make use of the pedestrian bridges as the State will not hesitate to prosecute anyone found breaking the law”.
“The Special Offences Court at Bolade-Oshodi today convicted a lady, 22 year old Fasia Ajoke to 7months and 3 weeks in jail for assaulting a female operative of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) on lawful duty, resisting lawful arrest and refusing to make use of the Ile-Epo pedestrian bridge, thereby endangering her life in the process”.
Facia Ajoke according to the Commissioner was arraigned before Chief Magistrate S.A Adefioye of the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile Court), Bolade-Oshodi on offences bordering on conducting herself in a manner likely to breach peace, obstruction and breach of peace by crossing the highway.
