Fake LASTMA officials tow vehicles, sell parts

The recent arrest of three suspects by detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command has revealed how some criminals, pretending to be officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), used to tow and steal vehicles parked along roads. 

Detectives uncovered how some men, under the cover of darkness, would tow vehicles parked along the road, with people thinking they were LASTMA officials. LASTMA is the agency empowered to impound vehicles parked by road sides.
Parking of vehicles along roads is viewed as illegal by the state government. One of those trading in such illegal business is Rasaki Rasheed Adisa, 32. He was arrested after he towed a commercial bus parked along the road, dismantled it and sold the parts to spare part dealers at Jankara, Ojokoro-Ijaiye, Lagos State.
Adisa, who said he towed the yellow Volkswagen minibus, popularly called Danfo, from where it was parked, said he was ready to replace it if he was pardoned and released. He confessed to have moved the bus from where it was parked about 9:00 pm on September 26. Adisa was arrested along with Monsuru Rahmon, 27, and Okafor Celestine, 33.https://newtelegraphonline.com/fake-lastma-officials-tow-vehicles-sell-parts/