Lagos Motorist Knocks Down, Kills LASTMA Official

An officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has been hit and killed by a motorist in the Mile 12 area of Ketu, Lagos.

This was revealed by the General Manager LASTMA, Engr. Olajide Oduyoye, who gave the name of the officer as Samson Olawale Akinmade.

He said Akinmade gave up the ghost in the early hours of Wednesday, January 27, 2021, after he was knocked down by the motorist who drove a blue-black Opel Space Bus with registration number AAA 74 GG.

Oduyoye revealed that Akinmade was knocked down at Demurin Street junction inwards Mile 12 while controlling traffic, leaving him with severe head and body injuries.

He said the officer died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where he was rushed after sustaining various degrees of injuries.

According to him; “This event is particularly sad because this was a young, intelligent and dedicated officer employed in the year 2019. He was very committed to his job but now he has been cut down in his prime by a careless and lawless driver, thereby depriving his family, the government agency, Lagos and Nigeria of a future leader in the making.

“The driver assumed that he would be apprehended for obstructing traffic and sped off, knocking down the officer against the concrete culvert on the service lane and dragging him for about seven metres. He tried to escape through a street which turned out to be closed but was eventually arrested and handed over to the Police at Alapere along with his vehicle”, he further added.

Oduyoye sympathised with the family of the deceased and called for the immediate prosecution of the driver in accordance with the law.