Six fake LASTMA officials have been arrested by Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences. They have been parading themselves about and issuing fake receipts to motorists and other traffic offenders. This was disclosed by the task force Chairman, CSP Bayo Sulaimon, who said the fake officials have been arrested and will be charged to court.
Officials of the task force also arrested 13 underage children who allegedly had been snatching bags and handsets in the Oshodi area of the state. They have been terrorizing the area especially towards evening.
He said, “We got the information about the people who have been parading themselves as the taskforce of a local government. They have even gone as far as printing fake stickers and copies of the traffic law which they use to threaten unsuspecting motorists.“When they arrest you, they will claim they are task force officials. On getting the information, I moved my men there and we caught them red-handed.”
Meanwhile, Sulaiman also lamented the growing rate of street kids that had been left to cater for themselves under the bridges and other places in Lagos, said young boys who were arrested in Oko-mola were aged between 12 and 15 years.
He said,
“It is unfortunate that people give birth to children without taking care of them. Some of these boys are products of broken homes. Some were abandoned simply because their fathers got married to a second wife.”
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