The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has strongly condemned the violent assault perpetrated against one of its officers by a Volkswagen commercial bus conductor during a routine traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, inward Abule-Egba, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
According to the agency’s spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq, the unfortunate incident occurred when a LASTMA patrol team, while carrying out its statutory responsibility of ensuring unobstructed vehicular movement and maintaining order on Lagos roadways, apprehended a Volkswagen commercial bus (LSR 989 XG) for causing severe traffic obstruction at the busy Ile-Epo Market corridor.
The driver of the commercial vehicle vehemently resisted lawful enforcement procedures. In a shocking escalation of events, the vehicle’s conductor, later identified as Mr. Lekan Olasunkanmi, armed himself with a screwdriver and violently attacked a LASTMA officer T. Shittu, inflicting a stab wound during the altercation.
The injured officer was immediately evacuated to a nearby medical facility where he received urgent medical attention and is currently responding positively to treatment.
Consequent upon the attack, the matter was promptly reported at the Abattoir Police Division, while the suspect was apprehended and taken into police custody for further investigation and possible prosecution.
During the security preliminary interrogation, the suspect reportedly admitted to bringing out the screwdriver and confessed that he mistakenly stabbed the LASTMA officer during the confrontation.
