LASTMA Nabs Two ‘One-Chance’ Suspects, Accomplices Flee

Two suspected ‘one chance’ gang terrorizing residents around Ikate, in the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos state have been arrested by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Sunday.

The spokesperson for the agency, Taofiq Adebayo, in a statement, said the General Manager, LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, explained that the suspects were arrested when the agency’s patrol team was monitoring and controlling traffic in the area.

The statement said, “Our officials while on traffic patrol, heard passengers shouting thieves inside an unpainted T4 commercial bus with number plate, AAA 750 XX, and while trying to stop the driver, he drove dangerously and our men pursued them with LASTMA patrol vehicle down to Ikate where they were blocked by another pathfinder car belonging to a good Samaritan.

“While two suspects were arrested, the other remaining two escaped with the P.O.S machine they used to withdraw passengers’ money inside the T4 commercial bus.

“The two arrested suspects with the recovered unpainted T4 commercial bus were later handed over to the Rapid Response Squad personnel who were on pin-down at Chisco, along Lekki- Ajah. They were all later moved down to the Ilasan Police Station for further investigations.”

Adebayo said Oreagba advised residents to always ensure they boarded buses at designated garages and to always be vigilant when boarding public vehicles in the state.