LASTMA nabs bus conductor for stabbing officer over traffic offence

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have arrested a Volkswagen commercial bus conductor for allegedly stabbing one of the officers on Monday, during a routine traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, inward Abule-Egba, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

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 with registration number 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 the process, the vehicle’s conductor, later identified as Mr. Lekan Olasunkanmi, armed himself with a screwdriver and violently attacked a LASTMA officer, inflicting a stab wound during the altercation.