The video below went viral yesterday and it shows some men who arrested a driver because his vehicle had an Ekiti State branded waste basket. The people, who claimed to be officials of the Lagos State Government, claimed that the driver had committed an offence because he did not have a Lagos State branded waste basket.

The driver asked if he could buy a waste basket from the market, but the officials replied that he had to have a Lagos State branded waste basket because his vehicle is registered in Lagos State. The officials said that the man had to pay ₦3,500 for an authorisation form in addition to buying the Lagos State branded waste basket.

Some of the officials were wearing a green uniform, but the uniform did not look like that of any agency that I can recognise. See the video below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5D3cfsKOU0

The Lagos State Government has now disowned the officials. Here is a statement from the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA).

LASEPA @LasepaOfficial

PRESS STATEMENT! LASG DISOWNS CONTENTS OF VIRAL VIDEO ON SALE OF BRANDED WASTE BASKETS
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The Lagos State Government on Thursday disowned the contents of a viral video where some uniformed impostors were promoting the sale of a branded waste basket purporting to be from the State.
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In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, he stated that all the characters in the viral video are fraudsters who do not represent the State Government or any of its agencies.
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Bello affirmed that there is no unit or agency under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources that goes by the name “LAGOS STATE VEHICLE WASTE BASKET (LAVWAB) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE” as portrayed in the branded vehicle which the fraudsters operated from.
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He added that the dubious intent of the criminals in the video could be deduced from the fact that they operated from inside a van in an automobile workshop and were very dodgy about the kind of enforcement exercise they were purportedly carrying out.
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He explained that while the State Government had always encouraged all buses, trucks and articulated vehicles to provide waste baskets in their vehicles to encourage people not to litter the roads and streets; it has never prescribed any branded waste basket.
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The Commissioner said the development has been communicated to security agents to spread their dragnets towards apprehending the criminals and their cohorts wherever they operated from and bring them to book.
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Bello enjoined members of the public to report any incident of anyone purporting to representing the State Government and coercing them to purchase any particular brand of waste baskets to be placed in their vehicles
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The Commissioner encouraged owners and operators of buses, trucks and articulated vehicles in the State to continue to provide waste baskets of their choice in their vehicles as part of efforts to discourage littering and promote a culture of proper waste disposal.   
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Signed Kunle Adeshina Director, Public Affairs MOE&WR End.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/LasepaOfficial/status/1306720634634932224


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Dem dey strategize ni

Nna eh! No qualms
This is so unsophisticated

Our lovely Lagos

Everybody want to cash out... Fake emblem abi LAVWAB official..

These ones don become Scape goats... everybody go hide head now

Get them arrested if they are actually not working for you

the hustle is real
coming especially at this time of hardship

Ok

Incredible Lagos

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
The huzzle is now serious

Some Nigerians can go to my length because of money and fame.

They can easily trace and arrest them.

Eko wenjele.

Ilu Ogbon.

Look at day light robbery.

Arrest and lock them up.

What are you disowning?

Hunt them down. Be deliberate about it.

the phone number is written clearly on the vehicle. It should be easier to track them down.

Government can lie. They're much aware of all these. They hired those guys as contract workers and their payment depend on how much they can extort.

These people do deliver to them, infact that vehicle is from one local government.
They're many like that in Oshodi.

They are even lucky, Oshodi branch will collect nothing less than 5k after they might have less your tyres and waste much of your time.

If you even decide to see their boss, that will be worse because they have a cunning way of requesting for your papers and driver's license once they get hold of these hu la la no escape route for you.

they should get arrested for impersonation...

beta style

They aren't fake, the state government is fully aware of their activities . Infact almost all the states in Nigeria uses such tax force to settle their political touts ..

The end is near

When they get arrested, they will blame the devil.

This country na wa oh! So this guys just sat down and come up with methods they can use to dupe people under the guise of working for the government. As we speak now, I bet you this guys must have moved to ABK or IB since Eko nor buy their lies. Jobless and hungry youths. But come to think of it they might have some backups oh!

Mutemenot:
They aren't fake, the state government is fully aware of their activities . Infact almost all the states in Nigeria uses such tax force to settle their political touts ..

No mind Lagos State Government.

This is like throwing their touts under the bus!

Investigate wella now, u shall discover the politician it was used to settle for his efforts towards sending Ambode away last election term!