LAGBUS Asset Management Company, operators of Lagos Metropolitan Red Buses on Thursday said it had arrested eight of the company’s staff for allegedly issuing fake tickets to commuters.
Mr Tosin Alamu, Head of Enforcement Franchise Unit, LAGBUS, Ikorodu Wing, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Alamu said that over N17, 000 fake tickets were recovered from them during a recent monitoring exercise.
“We have given all our staffs training and warning since we realised that our sales were getting low.
“The investors who are private establishment and participated in the organisation do not get their money back on time.
“We realised that this money is being siphoned through the back door; through the ticket vendors and the drivers,’’ Alamu said.
He said that to guard against the trend, the management decided to increase the welfare, salaries and incentives of the officers of the fleet, including ticket vendors.“We held meetings with the drivers and the bus officers and warned them based on our findings.
The management told them that an enforcement unit will be going round and anybody found with duplicate tickets will be arrested and prosecuted.
“These ones have been taken to court on Wednesday to serve as deterrent to others,’’ he said.
Alamu explained that some of the offenders were caught for allegedly carrying passengers without issuing tickets to them, while some sold recycled tickets.
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