A High Court sitting in Ikeja convicted and sentenced a commercial bus driver, ELIJAH SHOKOYA, to 12 years imprisonment for killing an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA).

Justice OYINDAMOLA OGALA jailed SHOKOYA after holding that the Lagos State Government had proven beyond reasonable doubt the one-count charge of manslaughter of the LASTMA officer, OLAWALE AKINMADE, who died on Wednesday, January 27, 2012.

The Lagos State government accused the convict of knocking down the LASTMA official while controlling traffic after which he suffered injuries to his head and body.