LASTMA Hunts Driver Who Stripped Naked, Dragged Official
Category: Lagos News
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has threatened to prosecute bus
drivers and motorists who attack men of the agency in the line of duty.
The LASTMA General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, stated this while
reacting to a video clip showing a driver, who stripped naked to fight an
official of the agency.
Oreagba, in a statement on Tuesday, said
the incident happened on Friday, October 15, 2021, around 11.44am at Jakande
First Gate on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
He said the bus driver was
caught dropping off and picking passengers on the road in contravention of the
Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018 (as amended).
“The driver was
asked to leave the spot, but was defiant and refused the entreaties of the
officer deployed to correct him.
“The positioning of the vehicle
was in such a way that it created avoidable traffic congestion. The driver’s
resistance made the officer resolve to impound the vehicle by removing the
ignition key.
“Knowing commercial vehicle drivers’ antecedents in
Lagos, with the removal of the key from the ignition after refusing all
entreaties, the driver went berserk, removed his clothes to whip up public
sentiment and court pity from the public. He descended heavily on the LASTMA
official and dragged the officer with his uniform, thereby assaulting and
disrespecting constituted authority,” Oreagba added.
The GM stated
that the driver called people within the vicinity, who joined in the attack on
the LASTMA officer, adding that they overpowered other officials present and
succeeded in escaping with the vehicle.
He said the incident was
reported at the Ilasan Police Station, adding that both the police and LASTMA
were on the lookout for the suspects.
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