Ibrahim Koletowo, a footballer resident in Lagos, has narrated how an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) identified as Bakare threatened to arrest him for appearing like ‘Yahoo’ boys.
Koletowo told FIJ that he was heading to work at about 8:30 am when officer Bakare stopped him at Iyana-Oworo and called him a ‘Yahoo’ boy.
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“He insisted that I was a ‘Yahoo’ boy. I told him not to use such words on me. I asked him if an internet fraudster would be at the bus stop by 8:30 am for work, but he said he would get me arrested,” Koletowo told FIJ.
Koletowo said that he ignored the officer and tried to hop onto the first bus heading to Ojodu-Berger but the officer made the driver refuse to allow him in.
“As I entered the first bus, Bakare said he would arrest the driver when he returned from the trip. The driver had to tell me to get off his vehicle,” he said.
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“The same thing happened when the second bus arrived. I now had to call influential people who intervened before the man let me go.
“There were two of them. The other officer wanted to intervene, but I told him to control his colleague, not me. He asked where I got the money to buy what I was wearing.”
FIJ dialed Olumide Filade, LASTMA spokesperson’s number, but it wasn’t available. He had also not responded to a text sent to his phone at press time.
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