EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) recovered a gun inside an unregistered vehicle in Lagos.
The vehicle was impounded for driving against one-way traffic before the team recovered the weapon.
In a report credited to the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, the black Honda was impounded around Sango-Tedo inward Abijo G.R.A along Lagos-Epe Expressway.
Mr. Oreagba disclosed that Policemen attached to LASTMA officers on routine patrol around Lagos-Epe Expressway were immediately alerted about the incident for confirmation.
He made this know in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq.
The General Manager further disclosed that the driver of the vehicle was said to have escaped after noticing that the patrol team had sighted the gun.
In his words, “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.”
In his appeal, Mr. Oreagba said there is a need for Lagosians to be security conscious. He appealed that the members of the public should report any strange movement within their environment.
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