Suspected hoodlums said to be working with some officials of the Lagos State Management Traffic Authority have stabbed a commercial bus driver, Jamiu Alao, in the Costain area of Lagos State.
“They were called on the phone and asked what transpired. One of them that was present that day said the area boys called their boss and when they got to Costain, I refused to drop the vehicle and it resulted in a fight.
“Is it possible that I would have been fighting with them earlier and they wouldn’t have stolen my phones and other possessions? They didn’t let other witnesses that came with me enter the office and they told me to go out too because the investigation was ongoing, and since then, nothing has been done,” the driver added.
He said, “The area boys have the phone numbers of all these officials and call them when they find an unsuspecting driver. They know that if any vehicle is towed and whether the driver commits an offence or not, they will have their own share. There should be an end to this. These boys will go as far as stabbing to overpower any driver, conductor, or anyone involved because they know the LASTMA officials will not give them anything if the vehicle is not towed.
Adebayo, in a statement, explained that during a fact-finding mission by the agency, Alao said the hoodlums attacked him because he refused to pay them money to allow a technician to work on his faulty vehicle.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gridlock On Third Mainland Bridge As Hit-And-Run Driver Badly Wounds Nigerian Policeman | Sahara ReportersThere was chaos at Ilubinrin inward Simpson near the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria as a hit-and-run motorist reportedly injured a policeman. SaharaReporters learnt that the incident caused traffic congestion on the bridge on Thursday. Pictures of the policeman posted on its official Twitter handle by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) show the bruises on the right hand and face of the bloodied policeman. The post reads, '[7: 30AM] ThirdMainlandBridge Accidentreport
Read more »
I don’t understand why assassins killed my brother, wife, son – Slain ex-CBN worker’s siblingOn New Year Day, hoodlums attacked the residence of a worker of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye, and his wife, Oluwabukola, at the GRA, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The hoodlums set the couple ablaze after killing them. They abducted their surviving son, Oreoluwa, and threw him into the Ogun River.
Read more »
Olaleye’s trial: There was forceful penetration, injury in minor’s private organ, says witness | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsA medical doctor in Family Medicine, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr. Akinbunmi Oyebimpe, yesterday, told a Lagos Special Sexual Offences Court , that there was repeated forceful penetrative injury into the vagina of the minor in the case of the Lagos doctor who abused his wife’s niece. Oyebimpe disclosed this […]
Read more »
24 days after Lagos Assembly passed budget, gov yet to sign it into law | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsTwenty-Four days after the Lagos State House of Assembly passed the state’s 2023 budget, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is yet to sign it into law.
Read more »
Lagos asks workers to comply with financial rulesThe Lagos State Government has urged public workers in the state to comply with Financial Management Law and other extant financial provisions as a pre-requisite for quality public service.
Read more »
Motorcyclist trapped in Lagos petrol tanker crashA yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist has been trapped beneath a 33,000-litre petrol tanker which fell on its side on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State.
Read more »