Lagos: LASPA warns against illegal parking extortion in Computer Village

The Lagos State Parking Authority has issued a beardown informing to individuals and groups engaging successful amerciable parking interest postulation wrong the Computer Village axis of Ikeja, Lagos, urging them to desist oregon look prosecution.

The bureau disclosed that it had uncovered a web of fraudulent operators allegedly moving with touts to extort motorists by collecting unauthorised parking charges successful the engaged commercialized area.

In a connection released by its General Manager, Adebisi Adelabu, the authorization said amerciable actors operating astir the Ikeja Under-Bridge and Computer Village country were charging unsuspecting motorists arsenic overmuch arsenic N1,000 for parking.

She further noted that immoderate motorists, aft paying these amerciable fees, inactive look further sanctions specified arsenic fines, sheet fig removal, oregon conveyance towing erstwhile authoritative enforcement teams transportation retired operations, resulting successful treble losses for victims.

Adelabu clarified that parking regularisation and enforcement successful the country remainder solely with LASPA, stressing that neither the Lagos Central Business District authorization nor immoderate backstage radical is empowered to cod parking fees.

“We are alert of these fraudulent activities, and we privation to marque it wide t...