LASTMA NAB FAKE OPERATIVES ALLEGED TO BE EXTORTING MONEY FROM MOTORIST
A fake traffic official in Lekki area of Lagos state was on Wednesday, December 14,2022, arrested by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, while on fake duty and kitted in the agency's uniform.
The suspect was nabbed while extorting money from commercial and private vehicle by a patrol team while on duty monitoring and controlling traffic around the Lekki area of the state.
The 27-year-old suspect, David Oluchukwu, was alleged to belong to a criminal gang that extorts money from unsuspecting motorists.
The suspect 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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