A conductor of a commercial bus
identified simply as Ibrahim has been arraigned in a Lagos court for allegedly
stabbing an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,
Akingbohungbe Olalekan, in the hand.
It was alleged that the driver of a
Volkswagen vanagon with number plate LAGOS XB 990 AAA, on Wednesday around 3.10pm
was obstructing the free flow of traffic by picking and allowing passengers to
alight from his bus at an unauthorised place in Ojota area of the state.
He was apprehended by Olalekan
and another LASTMA official, Alabi Emmanuel, who attempted to impound his
vehicle.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Ibrahim and the driver descended on the
officials, beat them up and tore their uniforms.
It was learnt that Ibrahim
later stripped himself naked and stood in front of the bus. Our correspondent
gathered that a team of policemen and traffic enforcement agents later arrived
at the scene.
But the driver reportedly fled while
the 28-year-old conductor was arrested and arraigned at a special offences
tribunal in Alausa on Wednesday.
At the tribunal, Ibrahim was charged
with breach of public peace, obstructing state officers from carrying out their
lawful duty, assault and traffic violation by picking passengers in places that
were not bus stops.
When his plea was taken, he pleaded
not guilty to all the charges.
Magistrate Yetunde Phinero admitted
the accused to bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties in the like sum. She
adjourned the case till June 21, 2012. But the accused was remanded as he could
not meet the bail condition.
Meanwhile, the General Manager of
LASTMA, Mr. Babatunde Edu, on Friday warned that the agency would prosecute
traffic offenders, especially the violent ones.
Edu , who said prosecuting traffic
offenders would serve as a deterrent to errant motorists, said the warning
became imperative in view of the rising cases of attacks on LASTMA officials in
recent times.
He said, “LASTMA officials have been
trained to be civil in their approach and we do not tolerate act of
indiscipline among our officials. But a situation where they are attacked while
performing their official duties by errant drivers would no longer be condoned.
“The law is no respecter of anybody
and it is necessary that motorists obey traffic rules and regulations to ensure
sanity on our roads.
“Rather than take the laws into their
hands, we implore motorists to report errant LASTMA officials and we assure
them that we will carry out a thorough investigation and act accordingly. We do
not condone any act of indiscipline among our officials and we do not cover
them up if they erred.”
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