Unbelievable! Lastma Official slaps Chief Magistrate

An official of the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority,
LASTMA, identified as Taye Shittu,
has been arrested by the police at
Pen Cinema Police Station for
allegedly slapping a Chief
Magistrate, Mrs. Komolafe
Abimbola of Court 2 Ikeja, Lagos,
western Nigeria.
She was on her way to the office
around Pen Cinema area of Agege
when the incident happened on
Wednesday.
P.M.NEWS investigation revealed
that Shittu accused Mrs. Abimbola
of not obeying the traffic light and
ordered her to come out of her
car.

She was said to have obeyed
Shittu’s instruction after which
there was an argument between
them. During the argument Shittu
was said to have slapped Mrs.
Abimbola and she sustained injury
on her face.
The victim reported the assault at
Pen Cinema Police Station and
Shittu was promptly arrested by
the police.
While confirming the incident,
Lagos State Deputy Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Damatus
Ozoani, said the accused will be
charged to court after the
conclusion of police investigation.
An official of LASTMA who craved
for anonymity, said the attitude of
Shittu was an embarrassment to
the authority.
A senior official of LASTMA who
pleaded for anonymity also told
P.M.NEWS that Shittu has been
tried internally and was
subsequently dismissed from
LASTMA and handed over back to
the police for prosecution.
“We have conducted a board
room trial for him and he has
been dismissed from the service.
We have also handed him over
back to the police for prosecution.
We do not condone such act in
LASTMA,’’ said the source.
As a result of the incident,
P.M.NEWS learnt that the court
Mrs. Abimbola is presiding over
could not sit yesterday as litigants
had to take adjourment for their
cases.
When P.M.NEWS visited Pen
Cinema Police Station this
morning, Shittu was seen in
handcuffs being taken to court by
the police.
Attempts by our reporter to
speak with Shittu proved futile as
he refused to talk and also hid his
face from camera.