Edo Govt Sacks 52 Traffic Managers For Fraud

More than 52 staffers of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA) have been sacked for allegedly extorting money from traffic offenders.

Mr Victor Enoghama, Edo Commissioner for Transport, gave the figure in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Benin.

Enoghama said that among the 52 traffic officers were those that committed offences ranging from negligence, abuses, fraud and lateness to work, among others.

He said that the ministry had zero tolerance for extortion adding that any officer caught in the act of extortion, would be sacked from the ministry.

The commissioner said, “A very recent example is that two of the more than 52 traffic managers fired from the ministry were caught extorting money from a former Edo High Court Judge.

“Again some couple of weeks ago, we equally fired two men, who were found extorting money from a man who was actually recording the transactions between him and the traffic managers with his cell phones.

“As we speak now two traffic managers are on their way home for extorting the sum of N1,000 from a man in Ogida area, so I have just asked that they should be brought here.”

The commissioner said that the ministry would not condone lateness to work, as it had been forced to fire some unrepentant late comers after warning them so many times.

He attributed the boom in the transport ministry to new innovations, determination of its leadership in organising the sector.