The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says skit producers and filmmakers caught using its uniform or affiliated colour, kits and accoutrements without any authorisation from the government will be prosecuted.

The agency’s general manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Taofiq Adebayo, LASTMA’s spokesman, signed the statement.

Mr Bakare-Oki frowned upon the demeaning manner in which movie and skit makers portray LASTMA in their movies and skits.

“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 officer 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 and regulation of possession and use of LASTMA uniforms would surely curb the proliferation of LASTMA kits, uniforms and accoutrements within our society.

“We implore the National Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners and other affiliated bodies to warn their members. Anyone caught using the LASTMA uniform without an approved permit will be prosecuted in accordance with section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015,” added the statement. 

(NAN)