There was pandemonium in Apapa, Lagos on Thursday after an irate mob lynched a commander
of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency, Mr. Bakare Olatunji.
Olatunji, who was the
zonal head of the agency in the Apapa area, had led a team of officials
to the area in a patrol van to arrest erring motorists at about 11am.
He said, “The drivers were relaxing
around 10.30am when they saw a LASTMA van approaching. They felt the
officials had come to arrest them for parking vehicles indiscriminately.
So, they ran away. A motor boy, who was sleeping beside a
tanker, was woken up by the commotion. Before he could escape from the
spot, the LASTMA van hit him and he died instantly.
Annoyed by the incidence, a mob retaliated by killing the LASTMA official.
Another LASTMA official, anonymously spoke to newsmen saying, "Ordinarily, they would not
have gone for operations in that area. However, two weeks ago, the
management was angry that we have not performed to expectation in terms
of enforcement. Each zone was asked to generate N12m by December 19. So,
we are under pressure to deliver. That is the reality we are battling
with.”
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