Success Nwankwo
A commercial bus driver, Waidi Saheed has been arrested for an alleged murder of a 10-year-old child in Lagos.
The child identified as Chukwudi was allegedly crushed to death by the Commercial Bus Dirver at the Iganmu-Mile 2 Expressway in Lagos State.
Following the report from a police source, the driver of the Nissan Coastal commercial bus, with registration number JJE-134 XK, hit the deceased as a result of speeding, at about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.
The police source also stated, “One Bernard said he was going to church with his children at about 7 a.m., and while standing on a culvert at the Doyin bus stop along the Iganmu-Mile 2 Expressway. A Nissan Coastal commercial bus with registration number JJE-134 XK driven by one Waidi Saheed, aged 65, who was alleged to be driving at high speed, hit his son, aged 10, and smashed his skull, and he died instantly.
“Some rebels confronted the officers while they were evacuating the corpse, using stones and bottles. The officers were able to keep them away after the patrol teams arrived to provide reinforcement.” The source added.
Eventually, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, adding that the corpse had been taken to the morgue at the Yaba General Hospital and that both the driver and the vehicle were in police custody.