A violent cab driver, names withheld has been arrested and taken to a police station in Lekki, Lagos, for smashing a pestle on a LASTMA officer’s head, causing him serious head injury.
The incident Sunrise Newspaper gathered occurred around 1pm on Tuesday, around the Lekki area of the state.
The cab driver was challenged by a LASTMA officer for picking passenger at a non-designated bus stop in Lekki.
When an attempt was made to arrest him, he allegedly went into his car, brought out a pestle and hit it on the apprehending officer.
He was thereafter arrested with the intervention of the police, and taken to the station, while the injured officer was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is receiving medical attention.
An eye witness said the culprit confessed that he is using the vehicle for a “One-chance” operation.
