We were not involved in Ojodu truck accident ― LASTMA

The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Bolaji Oreagba has described as unsubstantiated claims categorically disowned the ‘unsubstantiated’, claims that officials of the agency were involved in the unfortunate truck accident that crushed some students on their way home from school on Tuesday, 7 December 2021.

Oreagba, in a statement signed by the agency’s Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mr Filade Olumide, averred that from the reports received on the incidence, the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, probably because of mechanical reasons, while urging the public to await the outcome of the investigation being conducted by the police into the matter.

“LASTMA does not have a traffic management duty post around the accident scene. And all patrol personnel had reported back to base for the daily parade as at the time the accident occurred leaving only those at their traffic management posts,” Oreagba noted.

The General Manager further stated that in the various unconfirmed reports in some media, not only LASTMA as an agency was fingered, but some other government traffic control agencies and wondered how all these agencies would be in pursuit of one truck, that could be apprehended at a later date if it had committed any traffic infraction.

He advised that the media should refrain from rushing to the press with unsubstantiated reports, all in a bid to be the first to break the news, especially when such news could engender public distrust before the revelation of the facts.

The LASTMA boss, however, commiserated with the families of the students that lost their lives and prayed for a quick recovery for the injured, while charging every road user on the need to strictly adhere to all motoring and traffic rules and regulations, put in place, in order to ensure the safety of roads in the state.

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