We have sighted some photos that showed how an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has been left brutally injured.
This comes after he was severely attacked by some naval ratings and per what we gathered, the LASTMA official was attacked after he confiscated a Volkswagen bus that was obstructing the flow of traffic on the Ikorodu Road in Lagos.
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According to several eyewitnesses, the bus was tracked down by a LASTMA team after the driver initially tried to escape arrest.
He reportedly dropped passengers in the middle of the main carriageway at Fadeyi under the cover of naval ratings on an escort.
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The incident was confirmed in a statement by the special adviser to the governor on transport Oluwatoyin Fayinka. The statement reads;
“When the commercial vehicle was eventually apprehended by LASTMA Team for clearly contravening the Lagos State Traffic Law, the Naval Ratings alighted from the commercial bus and attacked LASTMA Personnel.
The Naval Ratings further beckoned on their colleagues who were passing by in another vehicle to join them in the physical assault of the LASTMA Personnel on statutory duties.
All efforts by the policemen attached to the LASTMA personnel to stop the fracas proved abortive. In the process of the attack, Three Android phones belonging to LASTMA personnel were snatched away by the Naval Ratings. The apprehended commercial vehicle is in LASTMA custody.”
Source: NaijaOnPoint.com
