LASTMA official, driver beaten to a pulp
October 6, 2016
• Scene of the clash Photo: Sodiq Adelakun
Samson Folarin
There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Costain area of Lagos State as an official of the Lagos State Management Authority and a bus driver were reportedly beaten to a pulp.
PUNCH Metro learnt that officials of LASTMA had allegedly apprehended the bus driver at the Costain bus stop, for allegedly violating a traffic rule.
It was alleged that an argument ensued between the driver, his conductor and the officials.
In the ensuing scuffle, a LASTMA official allegedly punched the driver and he slumped.
A mob was reported to have barricaded the road in protest as the driver lay on the floor, foaming in the mouth.
The mob reportedly vandalised a LASTMA patrol car which drove into the protesters at the time, beating up the officials.
They were said to have mobilised and also attacked the LASTMA office in the area and vandalised vehicles in the yard before the intervention of policemen from the Iponri division.
A witness, Ibrahim Adisa, said the incident happened around 9am.
He said, “We saw that the LASTMA officials held the bus driver at the junction for breaking traffic rule. The man did not release the vehicle to them, which started an argument. The driver and the conductor then started fighting the LASTMA men.
“One of the LASTMA officials put his hand in the pocket and brought out a ring which he used to hit the driver. The man fell and started foaming in the mouth. The officials then took his bus into their yard and left him on the ground.
“A mob barricaded the road and vandalised a LASTMA patrol car that came in that time. They beat up all the officials in the car. After that, they carried the man’s body into the LASTMA’s office and chased out the workers.”
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