Two suspects has been arrested and prosecuted by the Lagos State Government for extorting traders and other residents for using the pedestrian bridge in Yaba area of the state.

Tokunbo Wahab, the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources revealed this through his X platform on Thursday.

According to wahab,  this arrest was made in  response to a viral video where the suspects were captured carrying out the act.

The suspects, whose identities were not revealed were reported to have collected N100 levy from each pedestrian with luggage

The commissioner, who claimed to have ordered their immediate arrest, added that they would be charged to court.

He wrote, “In response to the viral video of some miscreants extorting traiders 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.

“They will be arraigned immediately in court while the clampdown on those on the run would continue.”

However,  on Tuesday, Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, arrested not less than 63 people for reportedly crossing the highway and engaging in illegal street trading.

The state government had earlier threatened to arrest and prosecute people crossing the major highways in the state instead of using the pedestrian bridges.