LASTMA Officer Stabbed by Bus Conductor During Traffic Enforcement in Lagos
A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer was stabbed by a commercial bus conductor during an enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, leading to the suspect's arrest and the officer's hospitalization.
A LASTMA officer was stabbed by a commercial bus conductor during a traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, inward Abule-Egba, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The incident occurred when a LASTMA patrol team apprehended a Volkswagen commercial bus, bearing registration number LSR 989 XG, for obstructing traffic. The driver resisted the enforcement operation, after which the conductor, identified as Lekan Olasunkanmi, attacked the officer with a screwdriver.
The injured officer was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment and is responding positively to care. Authorities arrested the suspect, Lekan Olasunkanmi, and handed him over to the Abattoir Police Division for further investigation.
According to Premium Times, this incident follows a previous attack months earlier in which another LASTMA officer was allegedly stabbed with a broken bottle by a commercial bus driver.
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