Bus driver strips after stabbing LASTMA official

A commercial bus driver stripped on Sunday to evade arrest after he allegedly stabbed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) at the Costain area of Ojo LGA.

The spokesman of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said the driver was apprehended for picking passengers on the expressway thereby causing serious traffic obstruction to other road users around the Costain Roundabout.

He further said, “Our enforcement team had successfully apprehended the driver despite dangerous driving attempts to escape before he brought out a knife and stabbed me.

“After seeing the deep cut he had inflicted on me, he stripped himself and caused commotion before he was eventually arrested by the police.

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“After his arrest, a cutlass and a knife were recovered inside his bus.

“The government has confirmed that the driver would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other recalcitrant drivers.”