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One particular person died and 4 have been injured in a scuffle that concerned officers of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority, a policeman and a driver within the In the past Palace space of Isolo, Lagos.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred round 9 a.m. on Tuesday when the yet-to-be-identified driver allegedly tried to flee after a site visitors infraction.
Eyewitnesses informed PUNCH Metro that LASTMA officers, aided by a policeman chased the motorist.
An eyewitness, who gave his identify merely as Usman, stated, “The LASTMA officers chased the driving force. One of many legislation enforcement officers was dragging the steering wheel with the driving force and in the middle of that, the driving force misplaced management and rammed into some passersby. About 4 individuals died.”
One other supply disclosed that there was unrest within the space after the incident.
LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, when contacted, stated the company was conscious of the incident.
“We’re conscious and we’ll give an replace quickly,” he informed PUNCH Metro.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has not responded to calls and textual content messages as of the time of submitting this report.
Nevertheless, the Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Street Security Corps, Babatunde Farinloye, confirmed to our correspondent that “One particular person was killed and 4 others have been injured” within the incident.
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