Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today arrested a driver of a painted Volkswagen ‘T4’ commercial bus (LSR 966 YE) for stabbing a Lastma Officers after being apprehended for serious traffic obstruction around Costain r/about, Lagos.

LASTMA Officer Olajide Olukoga ‘Bravo’ who led the enforcement team disclosed that the Volkswagen commercial ‘T4’ bus was apprehended for picking passengers on main expressway thereby causing serious traffic obstructions to other road users around Costain inward Iponri.

He disclosed further that the enforcement operation was carried out around Costain r/about inward Iponri after several warning by the government to commercial bus/private car drivers to make use of designated b/stops before picking or dropping passenger/friends across the State.

“Our enforcement team had successfully apprehended the driver despite dangerous driving attempts to escape before he brought out a knife and stabbed me”

“After seeing the deep cut he had inflicted with the knife, he decided to stripped himself naked and caused serious commotion before he was eventually arrested by Police men from Iponri Police Station”

After his arrest, dangerous weapons ‘cutlass and knife’ were recovered inside his commercial Volkswagen ‘T4’ bus by security officers.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation Hon. Sola_Giwa vowed that the arrested driver would be immediately prosecuted by the government to serve as a deterrent to other recalcitrant drivers.