… Says Approval by State Assembly Was For Loan Conversion REPORTS that the Lagos State House of Assembly has granted the State Government the go-ahead to take over the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) are wrong. The government did not make such a request. Its request was to convert the African Development Bank loan
LCC rescues injured pedestrian dumped by hit-and-run driver
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe
A yet-to-be-identified pedestrian, who was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver, was on Wednesday rescued by the officials of the Lekki Concession Company.
It was gathered that the victim was dumped by the roadside at the Igbo Efon area of the Lekki-Epe Expressway by the hit-and-run driver, who sped off immediately.
Our correspondent learnt that an eyewitness reported the incident to the LCC route patrol team, who rescued and administered first aid treatment to the victim before taking the victim to hospital.
Commenting on the incident, the Head of LCC Route and Incident, Michael Aina, said the timely intervention of the agency helped in saving the life of the victim.
The State Police Command has however declared that there would be no such protest on Saturday.
Addressing newsmen on Thursday, Managing Director of LCC, Mr Yomi Omomuwasan, said the decision to apply for the repossession of the tollgate was to “halt further losses to our operations, especially given our subsisting financial commitments to local and foreign financial institutions…”
‘Over 500 jobs threatened’
The Managing Director, who declared that the company had been a victim of the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest with assets worth billions of naira lost, said the continued stoppage of its operation poses threat to the over 500 direct employees of the company.