Within the late hours of Saturday, October 25, 2025, exactly at 11:45 p.m., officers of the newly inaugurated Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) 24-hour Night time Operations Squad, overlaying the Surulere axis, responded with commendable promptness to a tragic lone crash that resulted within the instantaneous loss of life of a motorist reportedly driving inebriated.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the Navy Blue Toyota Camry, with registration quantity EKY 311 GK, was travelling at an excessively excessive velocity inward Iponri when the driving force misplaced management of the automobile close to the Alaka Below Bridge in Surulere. The automobile somersaulted repeatedly, culminating in a deadly influence that claimed the driving force’s life on the scene.
This data was confirmed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, in an announcement yesterday.
Eyewitnesses and forensic proof gathered on the website corroborated stories that the deceased was intoxicated, a situation that severely impaired his judgment and response time, resulting in the catastrophic lack of management.
Members of the LASTMA 24-hour Night time Obligation Patrol Group, who have been actively monitoring vehicular motion throughout the Surulere hall at midnight, arrived expeditiously on the crash website, secured and cordoned off the affected space to stop secondary incidents, and instantly alerted officers from the Bode Thomas Police Division.
The Police, upon arrival, carried out complete documentation of the incident and subsequently launched the stays of the deceased to his spouse and relations, who have been contacted by means of the deceased’s cellular gadget retrieved from the wreckage.
The Basic Supervisor, LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed profound sympathy to the bereaved household, describing the incident as “a tragic but sobering reminder of the deadly penalties of intoxicated driving.”
He urged all motorists to remain vigilant, responsible, and safety-conscious, especially during the Ember Months, a interval traditionally characterised by elevated highway visitors and elevated crash dangers.
Bakare-Oki additional reiterated that one of many central resolutions of the just lately concluded ‘LASTMA Ember Months Stakeholders’ Discussion board’ was the intensified campaign in opposition to drunk driving, a societal menace that continues to exert a heavy toll on human lives inside and past Lagos State.
He recalled that the discussion board’s theme, “Protected Roads, Protected Lives… LASTMA Cares,” was purposefully crafted to amplify LASTMA’s renewed dedication to the sanctity of life by means of enhanced enforcement, sustained public enlightenment, and strategic inter-agency collaboration.
The Basic Supervisor implored all highway customers to eschew reckless indulgence, train self-discipline, and strictly observe visitors laws, stressing that the 24-hour operational framework of LASTMA is just not solely geared in direction of enforcement but in addition in direction of fast emergency intervention and the preservation of lives throughout Lagos State’s in depth highway community.
