BRT driver in police custody after crushing businessman to death in Lagos

A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle driver is currently in police custody after crushing a businessman, Ahmed Sulaiman, to death by a in the Owode Onirin area of Lagos State.

Sulaimon had attempted to cross the BRT lane when the driver, Lekan Anifowose, who was conveying passengers inward Mile 12, hit him.

An angry mob took to the scene to protest the unfortunate incident and would have succeeded in destroying some BRT buses or worse Burt for the intervention of some naval ratings.

The Chief Security Officer of Primero Transport Services Limited, the franchise holder of the BRT vehicles, Cletus Okodolor, while commiserating with the victim’s family, said the driver and the bus were in police custody.

He said, “The victim worked at Owode Onirin Market. He was trying to cross our corridor but did not properly check the road. The bus man going inward Mile 12 could not avoid him and knocked him down; he died on the spot.

“His colleagues in the market all came out in anger, so the bus man abandoned the bus and ran away. We quickly informed the Owode Police Station from where policemen were mobilised to the scene to prevent the situation from getting out of hand. We also invited some naval ratings at Ogolonto to back up the efforts of the policemen. After about one hour, the situation was brought under control.

“The deceased’s family took his corpse away, but the bus and the driver are in police custody.”