By Emmanuel Udom
Police
officers from Iyana Ipaja division in Lagos, south-west Nigeria, on Monday,
December 21, arrested four officials of the Lagos state traffic management authority,
LASTMA over allege traffic logjams.
This came even as the officers threatened to
arrest and prosecute some petty traders, who were selling their wares around
prohibited areas at the bus-stop.
Our correspondent
gathered that as early as 10 a.m on that fateful day, some police officers, allegedly
acting on the order of the divisional police officer of the division stormed the
bus-stop and arrested the LASTMA officials for not carrying out their duties of
clearing the traffic logjams around the bus-stop areas.
The officials of the Lagos state
traffic management authority, whose names could not be readily ascertained were
however released on the intervention their area commander.
In the same
vein, petty traders selling their wares close to banks and restricted areas
around the bus-stop were also threatened with arrest and persecution, if they
fail to vacate their selling points.
Joe Offor,
Lagos police image maker told our correspondent that nobody is above the law
and therefore the police have the right to arrest the LASTMA officials as well
as petty traders who fall off line.
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