LASTMA orders psychiatric tests for 18 motorists ‘caught driving against traffic’

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 28/07/2025
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says it will commence mandatory and comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for 18 drivers recently arrested for driving against traffic. In a statement, Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA director of public affairs, said the directive from the Lagos state government is a “strategic effort to curb the menace of one-way traffic violations” in the state. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, general manager of LASTMA, said the psychiatric tests aim to protect the public from “dangerously reckless” road users. The agency said it has finalised prosecutorial frameworks (…)
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