Some angry hoodlums have set a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle on fire after killing a commercial bus driver when they collided.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the accident occurred on Wednesday mornjng on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos State.
Confirming this, the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement published on the agency’s Twitter handle on Wednesday afternoon, condemned the attack.
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The statement read, “ In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of Lastma Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that preliminary investigation revealed that the fully loaded commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and heading to Ogudu when the accident occurred.
“Lastma has carried out series of enlightenment campaigns warning motorists particularly commercial bus drivers to stop over speeding and adhere strictly to speed limit signs erected by government across the State
“While other emergency responders including Traffic Police Officers supported Officials of Lastma at the accident scene, on hearing of the death of the commercial driver whose body was lying beside the upturned commercial bus, hoodlums in the area set ablaze the bus belonging to the Lagos State Bus Service Limited.”