Hamzat condemned the act, noting that LASTMA officers did not have a brief to receive gratification from members of the public for carrying out their statutory duty. “For further action, the two officers have been referred to LASTMA for further investigation and possible disciplinary actions. This effort is to inform members of the public that LASTMA is created to make life easy for all of us. These two LASTMA officers will receive disciplinary actions if found guilty. Full weight of the law, the Governor said, would be meted out to any government official extorting members of the public.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2019 05:26 UTC