Nigeria: 18 Lastma Officers Killed, 24 Incapacitated in 2018, Governor Ambode Laments

10 December 2018

Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has disclosed that 18 Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officers died on duty in 2018 while 24 officers are incapacitated in various hospitals due to injuries sustained while on official assignment.

The governor revealed this when he paid a condolence visit to LASTMA Oshodi office to commiserate with the LASTMA officer, Rotimi Adeyemo, who was recently shot dead by a police officer. Ambode disclosed that Adeyemo's family would be rewarded with N10 million while he warned that the state government would no longer tolerate traffic offenders.

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