Driver Kills 2 Highway Sweepers While Evading LASTMA Arrest

Tragedy struck on Monday morning as a driver, attempting to evade arrest by LASTMA officials, claimed the lives of two street sweepers on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos.  The unidentified driver crashed into LAWMA members at their work location, leading to a protest from upset onlookers and drivers. Security forces, including the police, swiftly intervened, deploying tear gas to disperse the protesters and restore order at the scene. LAWMA, in an official statement, verified the fatalities and committed to collaborating with law enforcement to capture and prosecute the responsible driver, identified by the vehicle number EPE 984 DV. As tensions simmer, LAWMA urged motorists to exercise caution on highways to prevent similar tragedies. “We wish to appeal to motorists for the umpteenth time, to drive with utmost caution on the highways, to avoid sad incidents like this happening to our sanitation workers or anyone in the course of their legitimate duties. The public has been urged to remain calm as investigations unfold, with condolences extended to the grieving families of the deceased sanitation workers. 

We’re Taking Legal Action Against Owners Of Impounded Vehicles, Tricycles, Others- FCTA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says owners of 149 impounded vehicles, 100 tricycles and motorcycles in the FCT will appear before a mobile court for various traffic offences. Dr Abdulateef Bello, the Director, FCTA Directorate of Road Traffic Services, also known as Vehicles Inspection Officers (VIO), stated this in Abuja at the weekend, after inspecting the impounded vehicles. Bello, who visited some of the VIO Commands where the impounded vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles were kept, said that the owners would pay dearly for their sins. He explained that the offences included parking in unauthorised areas, driving against traffic, and operating unregistered and unpainted taxis as well as illegal motor parks. “I always advise that it is cheaper to be on the side of the law to obey simple rules and regulations. “We have asked commercial motorists to register and operate within the defined routes and motor parks and not to pick indiscriminately from the road corridors. “We have also told the tricycle operators to operate within the confines of the road plan, already agreed upon. “They are not supposed to come into the city. They are supposed to transport people that are going into estates and towards suburbs of the city,” he said. He said that traffic regulations have been reviewed, adding that fines will equally be reviewed upward. He said that traffic offenders would pay hugely when they face mobile court, “but I am sure it will serve as a deterrence”. The director said that the directorate was working with the Transport Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration to review existing road traffic policies on traffic management. This, according to him, will ensure effective regulation of road traffic management. He noted that until the Abuja Mass Transit become fully operational to meet the needs of commuters, the directorate would continue to battle with unregistered vehicles operating illegally in the city. “This is because it is a function of demand and supply, but I am sure in no distant time, all these will be a thing of the past,” he said.