LASG truck kills apprentice, passerby after task force raid

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Afeez Hanafi

An operational vehicle belonging to the Lagos State Environmental and Sanitation Corps reportedly killed two persons on Thursday at Ojuwoye Market junction, Mushin.

The victims were a 17-year-old apprentice hairdresser identified only as Medinat, and a female passerby.

Two other persons were also said to have sustained varying degrees of injury as task force policemen reportedly shot into the air to disperse angry youths.

PUNCH Metro learnt that men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit had raided Isolo Road around 9am and impounded many commercial motorcycles.

It was gathered that while the motorcyclists were protesting against the seizure, the LAGESC officials entered the scene in their truck.

An okada rider, Wale Adewale, said the truck driver was caught in the midst of the protesters as he lost control, veered into…



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