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“They Went After Any LASTMA Officer In Sight” – How Soldiers Dealt With Agency For Impounding Military Top Brass’ Car
“they started raiding our officers”
“They Went After Any LASTMA Officer In Sight” – Senior Official Tells How Soldiers Dealt With Agency For Impounding Military Top Brass’ Car
“They started raiding our officers on duty at Costain Roundabout to Sifax down to Total Bridge, Apapa.” The Lagos State Coordinator, Special Traffic Management Committee on Apapa gridlock, Hassan Adekoya confirmed the ordeal of men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority ( LASTMA) in the hands of soldiers recently.
According to Adekoya a senior military officer was apprehended for a traffic offense by LASTMA officers in the morning of Friday, April 14, 2023, and his car was impounded.
The unnamed military top shot was reported stopped for driving against traffic and his car was seized.
The offender who was allegedly “miffed” by how everything played out, reportedly left without a tussle.
“Our men were assaulted and beaten. Some military men arrested 12 LASTMA officers at the weekend while on duty and beat them.
“Last Friday, around 5p.m., they started raiding our officers on duty at Costain Roundabout to Sifax down to Total Bridge, Apapa. They picked up the most senior officer, called Bravo at Areas “B” Oriyomi.
“The invading soldiers claimed that one of their bosses was arrested in the morning for taking one way.
“So they went after any LASTMA officer in sight, all the way from Costain to Apapa. At the end of the rampage, 12 officers were picked at the different locations.
“The officers include Balogun Sadiq, Ayoade Abideen, Adebayo Tunde, Kazeem Abensin, Rafiu Rasaki, Oloyede and Logunleko Oriyomi”. the Lagos State Coordinator, Special Traffic Management Committee on Apapa gridlock narrated the reaction that followed in a chat with Vanguard.
He, however, revealed that ” “Everything is fine now and our men are undergoing treatment at a hospital. Both parties have apologised to each other and there is no cause for alarm. The situation is under control,”
