The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses Uni {Task Force} has arresed 10 people for violating the State Environmental Law and impounded five motorcycles for plying restricted routes at Ojoa.In a statement issued by the Office of the ask Force,its operatives carried out an enforcement exercise today at Ogudu and Ojota,imploring members of the public to use pedestrian bridges instead of crossing the roads and highways thereby causing traffic obstructions and endangering their lives.It noted that the operation,which was tagged operation ''Use Pedestrian Bridges on Highways across Lagos'' is meant to educate and enlighten members of the public on the dangers inherent in crossing highways across the state.The statement emphasized that enforcing the environmental law on people crossing highways across the state is to sanitize the environment by reducing the rate of accident and allow free flow of traffic on the roads.It also warned the general public that the state government,through the Task Force,would continue to arrest and penalize anyone that flagrantly disobeys the environmental law which prohibits the crossing of highways where pedestrian bridges were provided.More photos below. 
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