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  • Updated: December 06, 2021

Police Officers Assault LASTMA Official On Duty — Watch Video

Police Officers Assault LASTMA Official On Duty —  Watch V

A viral video of an injured official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has been making waves on social media platforms since Sunday.

From the video, it was gathered that the female officer involved, whose name is unknown, was brutally assaulted by some police officers while going about her daily duty of controlling traffic at Iyana Iyesi, Ojuelegba.

According to the video, she had challenged some ununiformed police officers who were passing one-way traffic. Following the confrontation, they pushed her with the unofficial vehicle conveying them, and threatened to get her arrested.

At the hospital, she narrated what transpired. According to her, when she was pushed and got injured, she confronted them to take her to the hospital but they threatened to take her to their station to lock her up. It was gathered that they took her to their station where a good samaritan picked her up to a nearby hospital for treatment.

In the video, the lady officer had a bandage dripping with blood wrapped around her elbow.

It was disclosed that the four police officers involved in the atrocity are from the Area C Police Station, Ojuelegba.

This occurrence is coming at a time when complaints about police brutality is on the rise.

Comments from social media users tilt towards the excessive use of power by security agencies in Nigeria. There has also been calls for the arrest of these police officers.

Watch the video here.

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