A thought serial impersonator, Mr. Femi Adegbemi, aged 56, has actually been captured by operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) after confessing to gathering N140,000 from unwary car owners for traffic offenses in the state …CONTINUE READING HERE
LASTMA’s General Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, validated the arrest and warned the general public to be careful of such sly people, stressing the company’s cashless policy where lawbreakers are credited court through a ‘Referral Notice.’
Bakare-Oki worried the release of more monitoring workers to capture such aspects making use of innocent vehicle drivers throughout the state.
Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment at LASTMA, exposed that Adegbemi was captured following problems of extortion from owners of inter-state industrial buses seized for traffic violations in the Moshalasi by Alaka location of Surulere.
Examinations revealed Adegbemi’s practice of obtaining considerable amounts from automobile owners, guaranteeing to help with the release of taken automobiles.
Adegbemi, living at Number 9, Anifowose Street, Somolu, admitted, “I and my coworkers make approximately N250,000 weekly from vehicle drivers apprehended for traffic offenses.”
LASTMA is pursuing Adegbemi’s accomplices and pledged to arraign him immediately to prevent others …CONTINUE READING HERE