Olakpe says, LASTMA has power to apprehend vehicles, recalcitrant motorists

The CEO of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has reiterated the powers under the agency of the relevant provisions of the Lagos State Traffic Laws of 2012 as (amended) to impound any vehicle and apprehend recalcitrant motorists who contravene any section of the law.

Chris Olakpe stated this on the 18^th April, 2019 while receiving members of the Humanitarian Voluntary Association for Community Development who came on a solidarity visit to express their sympathy over the death of 18 traffic officials of the agency that died in the course of discharging their duties in 2018.
“I want to say that, contrary to some misinformation in some sections of the media, the agency is fully empowered by law to make arrest where and when necessary”. 


He noted that the traffic laws of Lagos State equipped officials of the agency with powers to arrest where appropriate, and to also make the offender to pay the fine stipulated for the offence under the law and added that the law allows for penalties for neglect of traffic directives, while disobeying traffic control personnel also attracts fines and impounding of vehicles.
He used the medium to counsel motorists to take advantage of the “open-door policy of LASTMA” by reporting any erring officer for disciplinary action if found wanting