Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials have arrested a commercial bus driver, David Agiri, for allegedly using a stolen number-plate FKJ 875XC.
A statement by LASTMA yesterday claimed that while attempting to escape arrest, the driver almost ran over the car of its General Manager, Mr Olawale Musa, and its monitoring team’s bus.
Agiri has been on the agency’s wanted list since February 23 for allegedly driving against traffic at Iyana-Iba on the Lagos-Badagry Express Way.
But, he was not pursued in line with the agency’s policy and he was eventually arrested with the same vehicle last Thursday at Oshodi.
A check of his particulars revealed that the number-plate did not correspond with the vehicle papers. The number-plate belongs to a Port Harcourt resident with a different name and vehicle type.
The statement signed by LASTMA’s chief public affairs officer Adu Adebankole said Agiri was seen driving against traffic at Iyana Iba, adding that efforts to apprehend him proved abortive as he mobilised social miscreants to attack the traffic officials.
Agiri has been handed over to police from Mosafejo Division.
The statement quoted Musa as saying that the agency would not relent in ensuring free flow of traffic.
The era of fragrant disobedience of traffic laws, it said, was gone.
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