by Vanguard
LAGOS — THE information that a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transit, a franchise under the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, plunged into Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday is untrue, after-all.
However, the rumour sent jitters down the spines of residents, who made frantic calls to various quarters for confirmation or otherwise.
The information was later dismissed by relevant authorities including the: state Police Command, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, LAMATA, LAG BUS Asset Management, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, among others.
Speaking on the development, the Managing Director of LAGBUS, Mr. Tunde Disu, quickly went on air at Lagos
Television, LTV, to calm the already agitated residents by assuring them that the information going round was only a rumour.
Meantime, an incident that affected a LAGBUS reportedly happened yesterday when one of the branded buses collided with a commercial bus, popularly known as Danfo, at the Ebute Ero, Lagos.
Vanguard gathered that the LAGBUS, with registration number Lagos KSF76XA, carrying full load of passengers and was heading towards Tafawa Balewa Square when the incident occurred.
A trader under the bridge, who declined to give her name, said: “The green bus was speeding behind the LAGBUS and attempted to overtake it when the incident happened.
“The LAGBUS rammed the bus with registration number Ogun XC595JGB into the railings, almost plunging it into the lagoon.”
The incident caused pandemonium and people began sending exaggerated message.
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