A tragic accident has claimed the life of a deaf pedestrian at a designated bus stop along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, in Ikeja, Lagos.
The unfortunate event occurred on Sunday, March 30, 2025, when the deaf pedestrian was awaiting a commercial bus at the bus stop.
LASTMA Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed that the incident was attributed to reckless driving on the part of one Suzuki mini commercial bus (Korope), which rammed into another stationary mini bus.
According to him, “Preliminary inquiries indicate that one of the vehicles, owing to reckless over-speeding, veered out of control and violently rammed into a stationary mini bus before mercilessly mowing down the unsuspecting pedestrian.”
He added that LASTMA, in demonstration of its swift crisis intervention in alignment with the United Nations Response Time, promptly arrived at the scene, cordoned off the affected area.
Taofiq revealed that LASTMA summoned law enforcement personnel from the Area F Police Division, who assumed custody of both vehicles for an exhaustive investigation.
Similarly, the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), responding to an emergency distress call from LASTMA officials, undertook the dignified evacuation of the deceased’s remains to the General Hospital, Ikeja.
Speaking on the tragic incident, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family while issuing a stern admonition to commercial transport operators regarding the imperative of adherence to statutory traffic regulations.
Hence, he underscored the indispensable necessity of meticulous vehicular maintenance, with particular emphasis on the integrity of braking mechanisms to forestall preventable catastrophes.
Furthermore, Hon. Giwa reiterated that the Intelligence Transport System (ITS) speed limit sites at Alapere, Ogudu Road & Nitel, and Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way, are to monitor speed violation and improve traffic management, emphasising their pivotal role in curtailing excessive acceleration among both private and commercial motorists.
“Ensuring road safety is a collective responsibility. Indiscriminate speeding and flagrant disregard for traffic laws constitute an existential threat to public safety. I implore all motorists to strictly operate within legal parameters to avert needless loss of human lives,”
