Some vandals have damaged a pedestrian bridge at the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway by removing some iron reinforcement of the bridge.
The vandals damaged the bridge at the Sanya bus stop along the bridge, exposing pedestrians to danger.
An X user, @ummuh_Zahra, wrote about the damage in a post on Monday, with photographs of the extent of the damage.
The Lagos State government has, on many occasions, raised the alarm over the activities of vandals who destroy various infrastructure in the state, including streetlights, telecom items, facilities on highways, among others, while some of the vandals had been arrested and prosecuted.
However, despite the arrest and prosecution, the vandalism of infrastructure in the state has not abated as various facilities are damaged and items stolen almost on a daily basis in the state.
According to the X user: “Do we really have to blame the government for this too? How do you destroy infrastructure built for your own safety and convenience? What exactly is wrong with some people for God’s sake.”
Her post elicited reactions from her followers who urged the government to enforce harsher penalties on vandals.
@AShammeh wrote: “What’s the meaning of this, destroying government property and still come back tomorrow to blame the same government?”
@ojojo26: “They should ban Boler boys in Lagos or is the government waiting until a bridge collapses in Lagos due to their sabotage before they take action?”
@ijambaforiti: “But why isn’t the government making scapegoats out of those who’re caught, if any?”
@Gesin_Jay: “If dem never kill one of this vandals legally, we no go rest. Iron condemn terrorists.”
OG Ikorodu wrote: “The kind of defacing and threat Lagos faces every single day is enough for any other state to collapse or fall to anarchy.”
@degenius4u2: “Government is not ready yet. It is when they introduce shoot at sight for vandals that this nonsense will stop.”
Ajirogun wrote: “This is why 25 years imprisonment is not too much to keep these miscreants.”
