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LASTMA nabs fake traffic official in Lekki

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Wednesday nabbed a fake traffic official in the Lekki area of the state, who was on fake duty and was kitted in the official LASTMA uniform.InformationGuideNigeria

In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Thursday by the Director, Public Affairs Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, confirmed that the suspect was apprehended by a patrol team while on duty monitoring and controlling traffic around the state’s Lekki area.


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According to the statement, the 27-year-old suspect, David Oluchukwu, is a member of a criminal organization that has been extorting money from unsuspecting motorists.

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The man was apprehended while extorting money from commercial bus drivers in the neighborhood.

The statement read, “Priliminary investigations conducted by the agency revealed that the arrested suspect belonged to a criminal gang and they have been extorting huge sum of money from innocent motorists apprehended for various traffic offences ranging from seat-belt, obstructions, illegal over-taking and One-way at different locations across the State.

“The suspect was apprehended after our patrol team sighted him fully kitted with a LASTMA uniform on a black jean collecting money from different commercial bus drivers who were illegally dropping and picking passengers under the Lekki bridge”NYSC Portal

“It is disheartening for some unscrupulous elements impersonating as LASTMA officials and extorting money from innocent motorists thereby denting the good image of the Agency before the public.”

It continued, “The arrested suspect Mr. David Oluchkwu (27yrs) confessed to having been impersonating as a LASTMA official and extorting money from different motorists particularly commercial bus drivers apprehended for violating traffic laws across the state.

“Mr. Oluchkwu who hailed from ‘Ukpu’ in Anambra State confessed further to be making an average of N40,000 everyday from the illegal traffic business.

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Following the event, Barr. Akerele Kehinde, Director, Legal Department LASTMA, stated that the arrested suspect would be charged in court on Thursday (today) in compliance with the Lagos State Criminal Code Law.

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He did, however, issue a warning to individuals impersonating LASTMA officials, stating that extra surveillance officers have been sent to strategic places to track down those extorting innocent motorists under the guise of the agency.

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