LASTMA OFFICIAL

LASTMA official assaulted for crashing bus.

Angry occupants of a bus on Friday morning pounced on an official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA at Iponri Bus Stop, beating him to a pulp.
Trouble started when the official seized the bus on top of National Stadium Bridge, took over the wheel and crashed it at Iponri a few minutes after.
The bus, believed to be carrying some church members who were coming from a vigil and heading towards Apapa, was allegedly seized for driving on the bridge.
The official while attempting to drive the bus with registration no. AE568-LEW with the inscription “missionary’’ to their office at Iponri, lost control and crashed into a culvert.
Infuriated by the conduct of the official, the occupants, some of who sustained minor injuries, pounced on the official.
It, however, took the intervention of some other LASTMA officials and the police to rescue him.
The bus’ windows and the windscreen were damaged.
The driver of the bus, who identified himself as Kuku, said the incident occurred at about 8.35 a.m. while he was going to his workshop at Apapa after a vigil at his church.
The Head of LASTMA Office, Iponri, Olalekan Oti, was not available for comment when contacted, but a senior official in his office, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident.
He, however, said the incident had been reported to the police because an officer was assaulted.