My findings over the past few years have shown that LASTMA or KAI uniform is what you need to unofficially misbehave in an official capacity – it is the license to misbehave in Lagos state. LASTMA is the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority saddled with the responsibility of managing traffic and everything associated with vehicular movement in Lagos state while the KAI brigade's responsibility is to kick against indiscipline, both organizations were established by and subject to Lagos state laws.
During the months leading to the general elections in Nigeria, KAI and LASTMA officials systematically reduced their scope of operations in order not to send the wrong signal to the electorate but the PDP failed to capitalize on it to score a political point, immediately after ACN was
declared the winner in lagos state; LASTMA and KAI vehicles returned to their duty post. Their acronyms have become a house hold name for fear and their activities are a 'misbehavior-meister'. It is note worthy to commend some of the activities of KAI and LASTMA officials (who are in the minority) on the management of lagos traffic jam in some sensitive and ever busy roads on their management of the security risks pose by tramps on the lagos high way

LASTMA deserves to offer an official apology to the entire people of Lagos (especially the Danfo drivers) for all the accumulated illegal fines they have levied and collected from motorist on the lagos roads over the years, we know that these agencies are part of the huge income generating agencies for the lagos state government and also employment creation avenues for the citizens in order to sustain the 'eko onibaje' campaign. The lesson here is that mega cities around the world don't have thugs and miscreants as part of their law enforcement agents, where officials are found wanting in their duty, they should face the appropriate disciplinary actions and lastly LASTMA and KAI officials need to be told that their uniforms are not a license to misbehave. 'Eko oni baje o'

Oyede saheed (alias chief humanbeing) writes from the department of insurance, university of lagos for Nollywoodgists.com