The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has said that a report on social media claiming its operational van crushed a pregnant woman to death is false.
LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, on Tuesday debunked the report via a statement on X (formerly Twitter).
“The story as presented by online media was not the true position of what transpired today at MRS Filling Station on Kodesoh Road, Ikeja,” Taofiq said.
“The statement that a pregnant woman was crushed to death by a LASTMA Van during a ‘Korope’ chase was not true as she was confirmed not to be pregnant before being discharged from LASUTH with her husband.”
Taofiq clarified that preliminary investigation revealed that a mini commercial bus (korope) driver upon sighting a LASTMA Patrol Van in front of MRS Filling Station queuing to fuel up, drove dangerously and a passenger sitting by the door which was not closed fell down from the ‘Korope’ and was…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
