Extortion: Task Force nabs policemen, LASTMA, FRSC
THE Lagos State Police Command, weekend, arrested 20 members of the Special Task Force on the Apapa/Oshodi expressway gridlock, over extortion of truck drivers and other motorists on the axis. The suspects include 15 thugs, three policemen, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC. Their arrests followed several reports of extortion of truck drivers and other motorists by thugs and some recalcitrant law enforcement officers on the ever busy expressway. Irked by the action, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Idowu Owohunwa, reportedly set up an enforcement team with a charge to raid the axis of the extortionists, irrespective of the agency they belong to. The enforcement team, according to spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, commenced a raid of the axis on July 4, 2023. Hudenyin said: “The enforcement team, which was led by the Deputy Commissioner of P...