The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that the agency nabbed 19 suspected hoodlums for extorting unsuspecting members of the public in the state.
The Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed in a statement made available to Newsmen on Tuesday, stating that a preliminary investigation had shown that the hoodlums had been caught using fake identity cards to trick unsuspecting drivers and roadside tra The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that the agency nabbed 19 suspected hoodlums for extorting unsuspecting members of the public in the state. ders into believing they were legitimate government agents.
He said, “Nineteen notorious hoodlums were arrested during an enforcement operation over the illegal collection of parking dues from innocent motorists.
Investigation revealed that these 19 notorious hoodlums impersonated themselves as approved government agents with fake identity cards to extort innocent motorists, including illegal traders who sell by the roadside.
Meanwhile, in an enforcement operation that started on Tuesday, the agency said it also impounded 123 vehicles for illegal parking in the Ebute-Ero and Apongbon under bridge areas of the state.
It added that drivers of private and commercial buses that park illegally cause needless traffic congestion and hinder other cars’ ability to use the bridges to connect to other parts of the state.
Taofiq quoted the agency’s general manager Bakare Oki, as saying that the owners of those 123 impounded vehicles, including the 19 arrested hoodlums, would be prosecuted at the Lagos State Mobile Court.
In continuation of general enforcement operations to unlock every traffic bottleneck across the state, we impounded 123 vehicles over illegal parking or garages around bridges across Lagos Island today.
“The owners of these 123 impounded vehicles, including the 19 arrested hoodlums, would be prosecuted at the Lagos State Mobile Court.
