Driver Fleeing LASTMA Officials Kills Two Road Sweepers,Lagos Govt To Investigate

The Lagos State government has assured the general public of an ongoing investigation into the deaths of two Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) workers, which occurred early Monday morning.

According to reports, the LASTMA officials had attempted to apprehend the driver for committing a traffic offence but the driver chose to evade the arrest. While fleeing from the LASTMA officials, the driver rammed into two members of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) at their duty post by the roadside,killing them on the spot.

However, the Special Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa,in  a statement on Monday assured that the culprit will be apprehended.

He stated that the sad occurrence that happened around the Gbagada area of the state had not gone unnoticed by the state government.

Giwa further revealed that the investigation was already yielding positive results, as the errant killer driver with registration EPE 984 DV is a traffic offender already captured by the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR).

The governor’s aide, while assuring that the driver would be apprehended, promised that the thorough investigation would unravel the circumstances leading to the sad occurrence and would be reported back to the public.