Lagos footbridges, den of thieves and hoodlums

WHILE the Lagos State Government rightly asserts that residents must use pedestrian bridges or face prosecution, it puts the cart before the horse by feigning ignorance of the ruthless insecurity that plagues the footbridges. Indeed, footbridges in Lagos are enclaves of vicious thieves and hoodlums, who attack law-abiding residents, thereby forcing them to choose the