LASTMA seizes firearm in vehicle impounded for driving against traffic

Men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have recovered a pump action rifle inside an unregistered Honda impounded for driving against traffic.

According to the General Manager of LASTMA Mr Bolaji Oreagba, in a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, the impounded unregistered vehicle (Black Honda) was apprehended by the patrol team of the agency while driving against traffic around Sango-Tedo inward Abijo G.R.A Along Lagos-Epe Expressway.

Oreagba added that in the statement Policemen attached to LASTMA officers on routine patrol around Lagos-Epe Expressway were immediately alerted about the incident for confirmation.

He said: “In no time that the owner/driver of the unregistered impounded vehicle (Honda) noticed that the gun (Pump Action) had been sighted inside his car he immediately took to his heel and was nowhere to be found anymore.

“The unregistered impounded vehicle (Honda car) with the recovered gun had been handed over to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilasan Police Station for further investigations.

Oreagba, according to Taofiq has appealed to members of the public to be security conscious as the year is coming to an end and must ensure that they reported any suspected strange movement within their environment to any nearby security agent of the government.