Afrigather …to cost 11 arrested culprits
The Lagos State authorities has declared zero tolerance for the extortion of residents, particularly motorists, by miscreants parading themselves as enforcement officers.
Olawale Musa, everlasting secretary, the Ministry of Transportation, gave this warning whereas addressing journalists after the arrest of 11 faux enforcement officers who extort cash each day from unsuspecting motorists on the state’s Ibeju-Lekki junction and Akodo space.
Musa famous that the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration wouldn’t fold its arms and permit some unscrupulous parts to proceed to carry hardship to its residents, particularly throughout this era of financial challenges within the nation.
“We’ve introduced severally that no one is allowed to gather cash for native authorities on the road of Lagos and the federal government has arrange a workforce to make sure that anyone that does that’s picked up and from that Lekki axis, we had this report with the help of the Governor’s Monitoring Staff, we arrested 11 folks gathering cash illegally on the guise that they work for one native authorities or the opposite.
“They are going to be charged to courtroom to elucidate themselves and I wish to sound a notice of warning to others that do the identical factor that we’ll not relent, the federal government is all out for them, we suggested them to desist as a result of we will likely be on the neck of any native authorities that’s doing this.
“When you’ve got any problem, name us and we are going to come and tackle it, however when you’ve folks approaching the street on the guise that you just wish to have income at this tough time, gathering cash from motorists on the street; it’s unlawful in Lagos State, resist it.”
Musa added that it was unlawful for any native authorities space within the state to deploy folks on the roads because it negates the Lagos State Highway Visitors Regulation, Part Eighteen, 2018 which empowers solely the Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) to hold out such operations on the roads.
