A fake traffic officer, David Oluchukwu, who was arrested by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday in the Lekki area of the state has disclosed that he made N40,000 daily.
According to The PUNCH, the agency confirmed the arrest of Oluchukwu, through a press statement issued by the Public Affairs Department, Taofiq Adebayo on Thursday.
Adebayo said, “Preliminary investigations conducted by the agency revealed that the arrested suspect belonged to a criminal gang and they have been extorting huge sums of money from innocent motorists apprehended for various traffic offences ranging from seat-belt, obstructions, illegal over-taking and one-way in different locations across the state.
“The suspect was apprehended after our patrol team sighted him fully kitted in a LASTMA uniform on a black jean collecting money from different commercial bus drivers who were illegally dropping and picking passengers under the Lekki Bridge.
“It is disheartening for some unscrupulous elements impersonating as LASTMA officials and extorting money from innocent motorists thereby denting the good image of the agency before the public.”
Oluchukwu, 27, while confessing to the crime stated he is an indigene of Ukpu, Anambra State.
He also said he made an average of N40,000 daily from the illegal traffic business.
“Any motorist I caught driving against traffic (one-way) paid a minimum of N50,000, while other traffic violators were charged with different fines,” he said in the statement.
