The agency initially claimed the banker ran over one of their staffs.Before now, there have been accusations and counter-accusations over the case of Stanbic IBTC’s Yinka Johnson, who LASTMA claimed ran over one of their staffs, as she tried to escape arrest.
“The LASTMA authorities, for some unexplained reasons are trying to pin the alleged crime on Yinka Johnson whose car was not even moving at the time Hammed Balogun was hit. She did not even see the man being hit,” a Lagos TV producer, Doyin Akinlade, said. He claimed that the banker went to the Ajiwe Police Station on her accord, but the traffic enforcement authority were trying to frame her up.
But it appears the murder charges have been dropped now. However, some reports still have it that she will still answer to charges of driving against traffic, which she was initially arrested for.
“Though it’s not official yet but it appears as if the murder charges have been dropped but she will still go to court this morning for the traffic offense,” sources claimed earlier on.
However, Henry Okelue, who has been staying on the case, has confirmed the news.
“I can confirm that the murder accusation against the banker, Yinka Johnson, has been dropped by the Police,” he tweeted via his handle, @4eyedmonk.
He went on to add angrily: “I hope Mrs. Yinka Johnson will take appropriate actions and sue LASTMA as an agency and the PRO of LASTMA as a person.”
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