General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Bolaji Oreagba has disowned allegation that officials of the agency were involved in Ojodu truck accident.
He stated that the Authority doesn't have a traffic management duty post around the accident scene and all patrol personnel had reported back to base for daily parade as at the time the accident occurred leaving only those at their traffic management post.
This was made known in a statement issued by LASTMA, assistant director public affairs, Filade Olumide, stating that Oreagba noted that from the reports received on the incident, the driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle, probably because of mechanical reasons.
The General Manager further said 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, a truck that could be apprehended at a later date, that is, 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.
Oreagba stated that police are investigating the matter and the public should await their report.
He also commisserated with the families of the students that lost their lives and prayed for the quick recovery of injured.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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