A commercial bus (Danfo) driver has allegedly macheted an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Obasu Segun Godwin to death.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Anthony area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Another LASTMA officer, Adeniyi Hakeem was also injured in the encounter.
Oduyoye explained that Godwin and Hakeem were attacked with machetes and other dangerous weapons by the driver of a commercial bus with registration number FKJ 452 YC, plying Bariga to Oshodi via the Ikorodu Road axis in cohort with some other drivers, after his vehicle was apprehended for contravening the Traffic Law of the State.
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According to him, the sad fact about the whole saga was that the two officers were in mufti and on their way home, having completed their morning shift and closed for the day before the recalcitrant commercial bus drivers went berserk, seeking any LASTMA officers to attack for carrying out their statutory duties.
He said: “Obazu was struck severally with machetes resulting in deep lacerations on the head and his eventual death, while Adeniyi Hakeem, who was also attacked in similar fashion has been hospitalised and in coma”.
While noting that some senior officers, who were also in mufti and around the area were lucky to escape the mob attack, the General Manager warned all cultists doubling as commercial bus drivers that any traffic violation or infraction shall be punished or penalised as enacted by the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The LASTMA Director of Operations, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba described the attack as a very sad event which could have been averted, stressing that the unfortunate incident would not deter the agency from carrying out its functions and duties as laid down by the Law of the State.
Commiserating with the family of the deceased officer, Oreagba lamented that the State and the agency had lost too many good law enforcement officers to these lawless and recalcitrant motorists and that this had to stop, promising to ensure that the severely injured officer, who is still in a coma at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, is well taken care of.
