LASTMA official, who slumped on traffic duty, dies

Do You Remember the LASTMA Official that slumped while on duty? He died afterwards.. Here's what happened,

The official,Kazeem Lawal, was brought in dead to the Randle Hospital, Surulere, where his colleagues had rushed him.

He was among LASTMA officials on duty for an event at the Chapel of the Healing Cross, he collapsed at about 1.30pm.

The official Lawal, who was gasping for breath, was rushed to a hospital after he did not respond to preliminary treatment.

Lawal, who was attached to LASTMA Zone 3, Iponri, died on the way to the hospital.

The matter was said to have been reported at the Alakara Police Division.

One of the colleagues of the deceased said, “He was initially taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, but he could not be attended to because of the ongoing strike action. He was then rushed to the Randle Hospital where he was confirmed dead.

“We do not have any insurance policy. We do not have any hazard allowance. It is very painful.

“His family members are in disarray at present. We work round the clock, and we are usually overwhelmed. He must have collapsed from accumulated stress.

“Since the government sacked some LASTMA workers last year, there has been a burden on the workforce. Work posts, where seven personnel were handling, have been reduced to one or two.”

 LASTMA officials, policemen and National Union of Transport Workers besieged the hospital on Sunday.

“The whole thing happened so fast and so shocking. By the time they took him to the Randle Hospital, he had died,” another LASTMA official said.