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| Oyefeso and his Wife at the Court |
A commuter bus driver has landed into trouble
after a passenger fell off the back of his bus and died while attempting to
hitch a free ride in Lagos State, western Nigeria.
The police arrested the driver and charged him with
murder under the Criminal Code before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court.
The driver, Femi Oyefeso, was brought to the court
on Thursday for causing the death of Fatai Saliu while driving on the high way.
According to the police, the 58-year-old Oyefeso
drove his commercial bus with registration number JJJ 422 XA on the high way
and caused the death of Saliu, 45.
However, the police account is contrary to eye
witness account of what transpired on the day the incident.
According to Oyefeso, he had loaded his bus with
passengers and was on his way to Igando when his attention was drawn to what
had happened behind him.
He said he was told that the late Saliu attempted
to hitch a free ride on the back of his bus to Igando and fell off.
Oyefeso said when moved his bus, Saliu’s hands slipped
off the bus and he lost grip, fell off and hit his head on the road.
He said when he was alerted to what had happened,
he parked his bus and took Saliu to Igando General Hospital where he eventually
died.
He said the late Saliu had no fixed address and he
did not know how to locate his relatives.
Oyefeso said he went to the police at Ikotun
division and informed them about what happened and seek assistance to take the
corpse to the mortuary.
He said after assisting to deposit the corpse in
the mortuary, he was arrested and charged with murder.
When Oyefeso was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty
and explained what happened.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr A. A. Fashola granted
Oyefeso bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Oyefeso was remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri
pending when he will perfect his bail.
The matter was adjourned till 25 February, 2016.
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