The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi, has ordered that a fake Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Officer, Omotutu Bamidele, be jailed for two years.
Bamidele was convicted for impersonating and extorting money from motorists across Lagos.
He was arraigned by LASTMA on a 2-count charge of impersonating as a public officer by claiming to be a staff of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and obtaining money by fraudulent trick.
Bamidele was arrested a few days ago on Olu Holloway Road, around the Alfred Rewane area of Ikoyi by a LASTMA Monitoring/Surveillance team led by the Zonal Head, Ashafa Moyosore.
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In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq said the magistrate, Kehinde Ogundare sentenced Omotutu Bamidele to a 2-year jail term without any option of fine after he pleaded guilty to the 2- count charges levelled against him.
Ogundare emphasized that the convict should serve the jail term without any option fine due to the gravity of the offences committed.
The Court Prosecutor Olufemi Adekunle stated that both offences levied against the convict contravened Criminal Law of Lagos State (2015).
In his reaction to the judgement, the General Manager of LASTMA Mr Bolaji Oreagba said the judgement was a welcome development as it would serve as a deterrent to others who are still extorting money from innocent members of the public under false pretence.
Oreagba also noted that the “Our (LASTMA) Monitoring and Surveillance Unit which has now been fully restructured would continue to hunt for other bad elements disturbing the peace of the society”
Credit : The PUNCH
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