Commuter Bus Driver Take Passengers To Robbers

An Ikeja-based trader, Mr Deji Morufu, on Tuesday spoke of the activities of one-chance, drivers on the Ikeja-Ojuelegba axis of the Lagos metropolis.

‘One-chance drivers’, as they are called in Lagos, are drivers who serve as agents to ritual killers and robbers.

The drivers feed robbers and ritual killers with victims who they either rob or kill for ritual purposes, depending on the arrangement.

Morufu attributed the new wave of one-chance operators on the Ikeja-Ojuelegba route to the ember-months when people usually go out to make money at all costs for Yuletide celebrations.

He noted that before now, the route had known little of the activities of the one-chance drivers.

Morufu, who lives at Ojuelegba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that last Thursday, he was returning to Ojuelegba at about 7: 30 p.m. from Ikeja and boarded a commercial bus with registration number XE 527 MUS, with other passengers.

At about 8:00 p.m., the bus driver parked at Anthony Bus-Stop, under the bridge, claiming that a passenger wanted to drop off the bus.

However, no person got down from the bus, but some hoodlums came out of the shadows with guns and robbed all the passengers of their belongings, while the driver ran away.

When NAN asked Mr Samuel Jinadu, Police/Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police Command, for a confirmation of the incident, he, however, said it was not reported at any police station.

The PPRO, however, assured the people of Lagos of their security and safety at all times.

Jinadu, a DSP, said that the city was under security surveillance by plain-cloth policemen, adding that many criminal acts were now being nipped in the bud.