Lagos State To Prosecute Man For ‘Assaulting LASTMA Officer’

 

Lagos State Government said it will prosecute a man named Emmanuel Ben who led an assault on an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Ismaila Lukman.

Olumide said Ismaila Lukman, the assualted officer, was at his duty post controlling traffic when he was approached by Ben, who wanted the officer to halt vehicular movement for him to cross the road.

LASTMA general manager Olajide Oduyoye in a statement said Lagos State attorney-general Moyosore Onigbanjo has directed Ben’s prosecution for assaulting Lukman “at the Jakande Junction in Lekki while on his lawful duty around 2:20 pm on Sunday 8th November 2020.”

He said Ben will “be made to face the full wrath of the law for the assault to serve as deterrent to others with similar motives.”

“We must all have a change of mindset to obey the traffic law as amended in 2018 by the Lagos State House of Assembly and that anybody who refuses to obey those traffic laws should be ready to face the consequences as stated in the Law,” Oduyoye said.

He compelled road users to “come to terms with the fact that LASTMA was constituted by the Law which has conferred some responsibilities on the agency and also on the road users.”