Fake LASTMA official who makes at least N40k daily arrested in Lekki.
A 27-year-old manby name David Oluchukwu, have been arrested by the Operatives of LASTMA for allegedly parading himself as LASTMA traffic officer in Lekki area of the state.
David was arrested on Wednesday, December 14 and allegedly confessed to impersonating as a LASTMA official and extorting money from different motorists particularly commercial bus drivers apprehended for violating traffic laws across the state.
In a statement released on Thursday by the LASTMA General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, it explained that the suspect was nabbed by a LASTMA patrol team while on duty monitoring and controlling traffic around the Lekki axis. “Preliminary 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".