Man Arrested For Beating LASTMA Official

A 20-year-old resident of Jakande Estate, Lekki, Phase 1, Lagos, Benjamin Archibong, has been arrested for allegedly beating an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.

Banjemin reportedly obstructed the LASTMA official, Olumide Omomoyesan, while enforcing traffic rules in the Ajah area.

He was arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit and arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba.

It was learnt that Omomoyesan and his colleagues had impounded a commercial bus, whose driver reportedly picked up passengers at an unauthorised place.

The suspect was said to have attacked the official, inflicting an injury in his nose.

The spokesperson for the task force, Taofiq Adebayo, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday, told The Punch the suspect was charged with assault and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.

He said, “The suspect was arrested on January 31 and charged with assault, obstruction and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace before Magistrate Adepeju Odusanya of Court 15, Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Courts, Ogba, Lagos

“The prosecutor, Adedoyin Odukoya, disclosed that the suspect, Benjamin Archibong, from Akwa Ibom State, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. The matter was adjourned till February 28, 2017, for further hearing.

“The Chairman of the task force, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, said the suspect was charged to court based on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.”