A 44-year-old bus conductor was allegedly crushed to death by
a vehicle belonging to officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,
LASTMA, yesterday, at Cele Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, while the
bus driver was avoiding arrest.
The incident caused a riot as hoodlums attacked LASTMA
officials and also invaded their office at Cele, destroying several vehicles’
windscreens.
It was gathered that
trouble started for the deceased, identified as Ikeckukwu Abasirim, after the
driver of the bus, with an unknown identity, was ordered to stop by LASTMA
officials at Mile 2, over an unknown offence.
The driver of the bus was said to have ignored the order, an action
that reportedly led to the LASTMA officials chasing the vehicle.
On arrival at Cele Bus Stop, passengers in the commercial bus
disembarked, while the conductor was busy calling in passengers, unknown to
them that they were still being trailed by the officials.
Eyewitnesses told VANGUARD
that the LASTMA vehicle blocked the commercial bus, while one of the
officials held Ikechukwu and attempted to force him into their operational
vehicle.
One witness said: “In the ensuing struggle, one of the
officials was said to have swept the conductor off his feet.
“He fell and at that moment, the LASTMA official at the wheel
was said to have moved the vehicle. The tyres went over Ikechukwu’s skull, killing
him on the spot.”
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