24th September, 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have arrested a commercial bus driver for stabbing a LASTMA officer after being apprehended for serious traffic obstruction around Costain area of Lagos.
The stabbed LASTMA officer, Olajide Olukoga who led the enforcement team said the Volkswagen commercial ‘T4’ bus was apprehended for picking up passengers on the main expressway, thereby causing serious traffic obstructions to other road users around Costain inward Iponrin.
He said the enforcement operation was carried out around Costain round-about inward Iponrin after several warnings by the government to commercial bus/private car drivers to make use of designated bus-stops before picking up or dropping passengers/friends across the State.
“Our enforcement team had successfully apprehended the driver despite dangerous driving attempts to escape before he brought out a knife and stabbed me.
“After seeing the deep cut he had inflicted with the knife, he decided to strip himself naked and caused serious commotions before he was eventually arrested by Policemen from Iponri Police Station,” he said.
After his arrest, dangerous weapons-cutlass and a knife were recovered inside his commercial Volkswagen ‘T4’ bus by security officers.
The government had confirmed that the arrested driver would be immediately prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other recalcitrant drivers.