YABATECH STUDENTS VS LASTMA
Some youths suspected to be students of
Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, allegedly abducted a Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority official and injured three others on
Thursday because the traffic officials reportedly accosted them for
using the lane designated for Bus Rapid Transit on Wednesday.
The students were said to have also
gone to LASTMA Zone 15 Office, Iponri, and vandalised four impounded
vehicles in the office.
“On Wednesday afternoon, an
unregistered Mazda bus with the inscription ‘Yaba College of Technology
Students’ Union’ was seen using the BRT lane around Post Office,
Oyingbo. The vehicle had eight occupants including one Ademola Adesola,
the union’s leader.
“The students became unruly and refused
to cooperate with the LASTMA officials headed by Mr. Kayode Odunuga. So,
anti-robbery policemen attached to Denton Police Division immediately
rushed to the scene.
“After the police intervened, the
students then cooperated and the vehicle was taken down to LASTMA Zone
15 office at Iponri. On getting there, the students were made to sign an
undertaking which must be typed on a Yabatech letter-head paper.
Adesola said he did not have an original but a photocopy of a
letter-head paper. Based on compassionate grounds, we accepted it and
they were allowed to go.
“On Thursday, however, the students
suddenly abducted a LASTMA official, Mr. Obasanmi Oladimeji, who was on
duty at Jibowu area. The students then went down to Zone 15 office with
two buses; one commercial bus and the red Mazda bus which they used on
Wednesday. The students vandalised four impounded vehicles which were on
the premises.”
The incident was said to have caused a traffic snarl at Jibowu as on-lookers ran helter skelter.
“When the students sighted policemen,
they immediately took to their heels but luckily we caught one Joshua
Toba, a 27-year-old man. Joshua claimed that he was not a student but an
electrician who had been urged by the students to accompany them on a
‘peace mission,’” she said.
The students were said to have gone down to the LASTMA office, Oshodi where they also allegedly staged a protest before fleeing.
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