Fisayo Falodi and Olaleye Aluko
There was pandemonium at the Omole
bus stop on Oba Ogunnusi Road in the
Ojodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday
after a traffic warden, Sunday
Charles, engaged in fisticuffs with a
motorist, identified only as Kingsley.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Kingsley,
who was stopped by a team of traffic
wardens at the junction, was allesgedly
beaten up by Charles for refusing to
part with N50.
The motorist lost three front teeth
during the brawl.
Our correspondents gathered that
Kingsley and some people in the bus
manhandled Charles and threatened to
drag him to the Ojodu Police Division
for the assault on the driver, before
some pedestrians advised them against
reporting the incident.
One of our correspondents observed
that at about 11.30am, Charles, who
was with three female officers and
four officials of the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority, had
stopped Kingsley’s vehicle at the
junction.
The traffic warden allegedly demanded
N50 from the motorist before he could
let him go.
It was learnt that trouble, however,
started when Kingsley claimed that he
had earlier given N50 to the warden,
adding that he would not give him
another until evening.
Charles, who allegedly insisted on
collecting the money, was said to have
dragged Kingsley down from the
vehicle and punched him in the face,
during which the motorist’s three
teeth fell off.
It was gathered that Kingsley held the
warden and demanded medical
treatment. A large crowd was said to
have gathered at the scene and tried
in vain to separate the warden and the
motorist who held each other’s clothes.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, Kingsley
said he refused to allow Charles to go
because he had injured him.
He said, “I am a commercial driver.
The warden stopped me about 8am and
I gave him N50. So, I was surprised
when he asked me again.
“I was going towards Agidingbi Road
when he stopped me. He demanded
another N50. I refused, saying he
should wait till evening. He dragged me
from the bus and started punching him
on my face.
“My mouth started bleeding. I realised
three of my front teeth had fallen off.
So, I grabbed his uniform. People
bundled him inside my vehicle and said
I should take him to the police station.
“His colleagues and LASTMA officials
stood away during the altercation
because he did not listen to them. I
suspect the warden was drunk because
of the way he dragged me from my
vehicle.”
A pedestrian, who was a witness,
Abiodun Dada, told one of our
correspondents that other traffic
wardens and LASTMA officials, who
were embarrassed by Charles’ action,
later calmed down enraged motorists
not to protest against the incident.
He said, “It was the warden who first
hit the motorist. He punched him on
the mouth and yanked out some of his
teeth. It was the blood gushing from
the driver’s mouth that attracted
pedestrians. We later discovered it
was an argument over payment of
N50.
“If not for the wardens and the
LASTMA officials who begged angry
motorists, the gathering could have
turned violent.”


www.punchng.com/traffic-warden-yanks-out-motorists-teeth-over-n50/

Soon na bankers teeth we go de comot because of our #50!
But poverty na basstard last last o!

Teeth that wont grow again over how much na?
Between the person in the first pic doesnt look like the guy in the second pic

laughing... www.themafrica..com

this is a combination of demonic and ancestral amalaitis to make that guy sub human