Lock is said to have ran against two officials of the Delta State Traffic Management Authority (DESTMA), who are described as chronic extortionists and specialised in extorting motorists in Asaba, the state capital.
The two DESTMA officials were arrested on the instruction of the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Vincent Uduagahan, in the early hours of Thursday at the front of the Federal Secretariat near the traffic light at the State Secretariat junction in Asaba.
Uduaghan, who expressed displeasure over the attitude of the officers to work and their despoliation to motorists particularly at that spot, said their arrest would serve as deterrent to other officers with such unruly behaviour.
According to the commissioner the officers arrest motorists at flimsy excuses, lock up their wheels and demanded for certain amount from them without properly booking them for any offense.
He said that he had received several complaints hence he ordered for their arrest when they were caught red handed saying they will be made to write a statement at the police on why they extort and collect bribe from the motorist on the excuse that thy beat traffic light.
Our correspondent reports that some of the federal workers and other transporters came out to thank the commissioner for the arrests while speaking on their personal experiences in that regards.
Shortly after the arrest, the commissioner followed the police van that conveyed the culprits to the station to ensure that they put down a statement while promising to see to it that the offenders were sacked from the job.
It would be recalled that the state government had in the past dismissed some officers of DESTMA, who were involved in bribery and corruption.
Following this, the commissioner, had enjoined people not to give DESTMA officials money as payment when they violate traffic rules instead they should go to the bank themselves to make the payments.
