Apapa Petrol Tanker Crash: LASTMA Threatens Sanction Against Driver

The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, says the driver of the petrol tanker that crashed on the Liverpool flyover in Apapa and spilled its content will not go unpunished. LASTMA’s General Manager, OLALEKAN BAKARE-OKI, who made this known, could not readily explain the cause of the accident, but said the police were investigating the matter. BAKARE-OKI said in an interview on a monitored television channel that LASTMA officials were the first responders to arrive at the scene of the petrol tanker accident yesterday, before the fire service and police arrived. He said the response time to the scene of the accident was prompt, which helped to avert an imminent disaster at the Liverpool area of Apapa. However, the LASTMA General Manager said videos circulated online showing some individuals scooping spilled petrol at the scene of the accident in Apapa were recorded before the police arrived to ensure crowd control.