Tag: LASTMA

Lagos: LASTMA, VIO’s, others now to wear body cameras for enforcement

Aminu Imam

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday approved the wearing of body cameras by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA); Vehicles Inspection Service, (VIS) officers and others for law enforcement. The governor approved a mass training for the States law enforcement personnel on the use of body-worn cameras, ahead of the deployment of the digital tools for security operations across the State. Sanwo-Olu said the move would improve transparency and accountability in the activities of law enforcement agencies, and put the State Government in a better position to…

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Fire guts LASTMA yard, 10 seized vehicles, trailer razed

Ishaku Yohanna

Ten cars and a trailer were razed by fire on Friday when the yard belonging to the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) in the Oshodi area of Lagos State where seized vehicles are kept went up in flames. The incident, which happened on Friday evening, caused confusion as officials of the agency and other government emergency agencies rushed down to the scene to put out the fire which cause was unknown as of the time of this report. According to a statement issued over the incident by Nosa Okunbor,…

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