Officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Obasu Godwin, has allegedly been killed by commercial drivers plying Bariga to Oshodi via the Ikorodu Road axis.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olajide Oduyoye disclosed this on Thursday.
He said that another LASTMA officer, Adeniyi Hakeem, was equally assaulted by the operators of commercial buses at Anthony area of Lagos State.
“Obasu Segun Godwin and Adeniyi 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.
“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.
“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 a similar fashion has been hospitalised and in a coma,” Oduyoye said.
He noted that some senior officers of the traffic management, who were also in mufti and around the area escaped the mob attack by luck.
“All cultists doubling as commercial bus drivers that failed any traffic violation or infraction shall be punished or penalised as enacted by the Lagos State House of Assembly,” Oduyoye warned.
He said that seven of the culprits had been apprehended and handed over to the police while the driver of the bus and others are still at large.