The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned skits or filmmakers using its uniform or affiliated colour, kits and accoutrements without authorisation from the government.
The General Manager of the agency, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Taofiq Adebayo, Thursday said anyone caught would be prosecuted.
Bakare-Oki frowned at the demeaning manner in which movie and skit makers portrayed LASTMA institutions in their arts.
“Using LASTMA uniform without recourse to Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, criminalises such unauthorised use.
“Film or skit makers who portray as LASTMA officers without applying for, and being duly issued a permit letter for such portrayals, should desist with immediate effect or face the full wrath of the law”, he said.
He expressed optimism that such sanity in movie production, regulation of possession and usage of LASTMA uniforms would surely curb the proliferation of LASTMA kits, uniforms and accoutrements within the society.
“We implore the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners and other affiliated bodies to warn their members.
“Anyone caught using LASTMA uniform without an approved permit will be prosecuted in accordance with ‘Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015”, he said.
