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26-year-old artisan, Sarafa Rasak, has allegedly beaten a LAGBUS
‘ticketer,’ Oladele Oluwatobi, to a state of unconsciousness over a
disagreement. The incident occurred at the weekend at Idiroko area on
Ikorodu Road.
It was learnt that the misunderstanding ensued following the refusal of a LAGBUS driver to stop at a bus stop where Rasak and other passengers wanted to alight. The injured ‘ticketer,’ who had his nose broken, was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit at Tollgate, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by other passengers and staff of the LAGBUS Asset Management Limited while the assailant, a panel beater, was arrested.
Speaking with journalists, Head of Drivers’ Training, LAGBUS, Mr Babatunde Shoderu, who was among those people who rescued Oluwatobi from the artisan, said he was inside a training bus when he saw that there was a squabble in one of the buses inward Ojota. He said: “By the time I got there and entered the bus, I saw that passengers were holding the panel beater tightly and saying that he should not be allowed to go and that he was the assailant.
“The ticketer was beaten to a state of unconsciousness. I had to resuscitate him and decided to take him to the Accident and Emergency Unit for treatment.” Shoderu said Rasak would be taken to the police station for prosecution, adding that there had been several cases of assault against LAGBUS captains (drivers) and ticketers by members of the public. Rasak was arrested and taken to the LAGBUS office from where he was handed over to the police.
The suspected assailant, however, denied beating the ticketer to coma, saying that the ticketer must have missed his steps and fallen down, which made him to be unconscious. Rasak explained that he boarded the LAGBUS at Ijora and intended to alight at Anthony, but that the driver refused to stop, claiming that the bus did not always stop at Anthony, an act that got him annoyed. He said: “The ticketer informed me that they don’t normally stop at Anthony. He got up to attack me and slipped on the stair and broke his nose.”
But Shoderu said the man was lying. He said that the agency would prosecute the suspect to serve as deterrent to other commuters who usually assault LAGBUS staff over slightest provocation.
http://newtelegraphonline.com/man-beats-lagbus-sales-representative-to-coma/
It was learnt that the misunderstanding ensued following the refusal of a LAGBUS driver to stop at a bus stop where Rasak and other passengers wanted to alight. The injured ‘ticketer,’ who had his nose broken, was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit at Tollgate, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by other passengers and staff of the LAGBUS Asset Management Limited while the assailant, a panel beater, was arrested.
Speaking with journalists, Head of Drivers’ Training, LAGBUS, Mr Babatunde Shoderu, who was among those people who rescued Oluwatobi from the artisan, said he was inside a training bus when he saw that there was a squabble in one of the buses inward Ojota. He said: “By the time I got there and entered the bus, I saw that passengers were holding the panel beater tightly and saying that he should not be allowed to go and that he was the assailant.
“The ticketer was beaten to a state of unconsciousness. I had to resuscitate him and decided to take him to the Accident and Emergency Unit for treatment.” Shoderu said Rasak would be taken to the police station for prosecution, adding that there had been several cases of assault against LAGBUS captains (drivers) and ticketers by members of the public. Rasak was arrested and taken to the LAGBUS office from where he was handed over to the police.
The suspected assailant, however, denied beating the ticketer to coma, saying that the ticketer must have missed his steps and fallen down, which made him to be unconscious. Rasak explained that he boarded the LAGBUS at Ijora and intended to alight at Anthony, but that the driver refused to stop, claiming that the bus did not always stop at Anthony, an act that got him annoyed. He said: “The ticketer informed me that they don’t normally stop at Anthony. He got up to attack me and slipped on the stair and broke his nose.”
But Shoderu said the man was lying. He said that the agency would prosecute the suspect to serve as deterrent to other commuters who usually assault LAGBUS staff over slightest provocation.
http://newtelegraphonline.com/man-beats-lagbus-sales-representative-to-coma/
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