Alleged drivers’ licence fraud: ICPC arrests 25 VIO, FRSC officials

Not less than 25 drivers’ license fraudsters have been arrested in Lagos state – ICPC said the arrest was carried out in collaborative efforts with DSS and FRSC operatives – Various sums of money and several incriminating documents were also recovered during the operation.

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, August 27, said it has arrested 25 people suspected to be drivers’ license and vehicle particulars fraudsters. The anti-corruption agency made this known in a statement by its spokesperson, Azuka C. Ogugua. The ICPC spokesman said the drivers’ license fraudsters were nabbed in Lagos state after a collaborative effort with the Department of State Services (DSS) and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

he said the operation which led to the arrest was conducted in Ikeja, Somolu, Eti-Osa, and Anthony Drivers’ License Centres. Other places were Ojo, Oshodi, University of Lagos, Surulere, Agege and Coker centres in Lagos state. “The Commission received information that the officials connive with touts to extort extra fees from applicants before their drivers’ licenses and vehicles particulars are processed. “Various sums of money and several incriminating documents and equipment were retrieved from the suspects during the operation,” part of the statement read. The ICPC spokesperson, however, said the nabbed men have been granted administrative bail by the commission and would be arraigned in court after investigation. She vowed that more of the operations will be conducted “in order to rid motor licensing administration of fraud being perpetrated on the public.”