Court jails miscreants over extortion in Lagos

The Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi has convicted miscreants who were arrested by the officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) for extortion and harassment of traders on pedestrian bridges across Lagos state.

The miscreants were charged for breach of public peace and illegal collection of money from people with goods.

Magistrate Oshikoya sentenced the defendants to one month in prison without option of fine.

In a related development, the Court convicted 17 defendants for crossing the highway and not making use of the pedestrian bridges.

The Court found them guilty and sentenced them to two months in prison with an option of N7,000 fine.

This was made known by the Lagos Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a post on his X handle.

Wahab explained ” 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.

“Also, the magistrate court sitting in Oshodi convicted 17 Defendants for crossing the highway and not making use of the pedestrian bridges. The Court found them guilty and sentenced them to 2 months in prison with an option of N7,000 fine”.