LASTMA officer beaten up by keke drivers in lagos

An officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) got into a fight with tricycle readers - He was outnumbered by the furious riders who beat him mercilessly - The fight reportedly started after a LASTMA van allegedly hit a tricycle while the rider was trying to evade getting arrested 

Trouble reportedly started after a LASTMA patrol van reportedly hit a tricycle which made angry riders attack the van. The van had reportedly been trailing a tricycle from Ikeja to the Allen avenue area of Lagos, after the latter broke a traffic law and attempt to escape the officials.

 The officials, who were determined to arrest him, trailed the rider until their patrol van accidentally collided with his tricycle. The tricycle immediately lost control and fell by the road side while the angry rider pumped out of his tricycle and narrowly escaped his death. 

 After the riders escaped, one of the LASTMA officials reportedly jumped off the van to run after the erring rider, an action which provoked other riders who have been complaining of LASTMA's harassment for a while. The LASTMA official who had been unknowingly left behind by his colleagues who zoomed off in their fan was eventually rescued by police officers.