Posted on: 07:58 Tue, 08 Dec 2015



An angry mob vandalised a mass
transit bus (LAGBUS) belonging to
the LAGBUS Assets Management
Limited for allegedly crushing a five-
year-old girl to death, and injuring
another pedestrian.

The incident occured at the Otto bus
stop, in the Oyingbo area of Lagos
State .

PUNCH Metro learnt that the mob,
which smashed the side glasses of the
BRT and damaged the front
windscreen with stones.

It was gathered that at about 12pm
on Friday, a woman and the
schoolgirl, whose name had yet to be
known, were walking on the
pedestrian side of the Oyingbo-Otto
Road, when the LAGBUS driver hit
them.

The five-year-old’s legs were said to
have been smashed, while another
male pedestrian, said to be an okada
(motorcycle) rider, was injured.The
girl was reportedly rushed to a
nearby hospital where she was
confirmed dead.

A police source told PUNCH Metro
that the driver fled immediately he
heard that the victim died in the
hospital. He added that some of the
youths wanted to set the bus ablaze,
but were stopped by the police.

He said,

“It was at about 12.30pm on Friday.
The woman was the mother of the
girl, and they were returning from
the school.

The LAGBUS hit them at the junction
and also hit an okada rider. The
police got information that there was
commotion in the area, and that
some youths might resort to violence,
so we moved in and the bus was
towed away. The driver is at large.”

At the scene of the accident, PUNCH
Metro gathered that the okada rider
had hit his head on the ground and
bled for a while before he was
stabilised by Good Samaritans.

A bus driver, who gave his name
only as Wasiu, and claimed to be an
eyewitness, said the LAGBUS driver
disappeared when he got to know
that the girl had died.

“The girl was about five years old.
She was being taken home by her
mother. We do not know her name.

The bus hit them at the pedestrian
side. The girl was badly injured.
The driver of the LAGBUS initially
came down and helped in rushing
the girl to a hospital. It was in that
process that some youths vandalised
the bus. It was when the driver
learnt that the girl had died that he
fled.

“The other man was bleeding all
over. He would have died too, but for
the first aid given by the people
staying around the scene.”