Fake LASTMA Official almost Lynched for Extorting Money from Road User: PHOTO

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Tweet Last Wednesday, Funsho Williams and Adekogbe Olabode, accosted a retiree, Mr. Felix Adesanya, on his way to a medical check...

Last Wednesday, Funsho Williams and Adekogbe Olabode, accosted a retiree, Mr. Felix Adesanya, on his way to a medical checkup and demanded N60,000 from him for contravening a traffic law. Felix said, “They said I had committed a traffic offense and forcefully entered the vehicle, introduced themselves as LASTMA officials.

hey later demanded my wallet, ransacked it and took N30,000 with a threat to take me to their office if I did not cooperate and summed up the money to N60,000. In order to meet up with my appointment, I went on my knees begging for mercy, but they said I should take them to the nearest ATM or face the risk of forfeiting my vehicle and paying a N120,000 fine. .

eft between the deep-blue sea and the devil, I followed them obediently. At the ATM, they demanded to know my account balance, but I did not allow them see it, I withdrew N5, 000 and gave it to them, making it N35, 000 in all. .

When they alighted and flagged down a commercial motorcycle, I raised an alarm and a team of real LASTMA officials in a patrol van intercepted them." It took the concerted efforts of the police and the LASTMA team to stop angry mob from lynching them. .

ASTMA boss, Mr. Babatunde Edu, explained that LASTMA officials were to be in uniform at all times with visible name tags. He added that no officer must cover his or her name tag with beret, pen or other items, and motorists had the right to ask for an official’s identity “as anything short of this is illegal and must be reported to the authority.”

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