Report on Interest
under logo

NDLEA intercepts 14 drug dealers supplying Lagos, Edo, three…

Esther Kalu

Court orders INEC to resume voter registration ahead 2023…

The Guild

60 people die during bomb blast in Ukraine school

Jerome Kalu
MetroNewsTop Story

JUST IN: Man bags 2yrs jail term for impersonating LASTMA

By Monsurudeen Olowoopejo

By The Guild

The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi has sentenced a man arrested for extorting motorists under a false pretense of being a staff of the State’s traffic management authority (LASTMA), Omotutu Bamidele, to two years jail term in the state.

It ruled that Bamidele’s actions were in contrast with the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and that which guides LASTMA officers’ operations in the state.

In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare, declined to issue any option of fine after Bamidele pleaded ‘Guilty’ to the 2- count charge levied against him before the court.

The two-count charges include impersonating a public officer by representing as staff of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (S.78 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015)” and obtaining by fraudulent trick (Sec. 323 of the Criminal Law, Lagos State.

Ogundare emphasized that the convict should serve the jail term without any option fine due to the gravity of the offenses committed.
 
In his reaction to the judgement, General Manager, LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, described the court outcome as a welcome development.
Oreagbe said that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to others who are still extorting money from innocent members of the public under false pretenses.
In a statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, the LASTMA boss assured Lagosians that efforts have been intensified to apprehend imposters across the state.
According to him, Our Monitoring and Surveillance Unit which has now been fully restructured would continue to hunt for other bad elements disturbing the peace of the society.
 
However, he urged motorists particularly commercial bus operators to adhere strictly to the dictates of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018 and avoid attacking Officers of the Agency.
The Guild 8730 posts 3 comments
You might also like More from author

Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.

%d bloggers like this: