Eyewitnesses said the driver whose identity could not be immediately ascertained was arrested for alleged traffic offence.
Two LASTMA officials were said to have dragged him out of the vehicle and started the ignition for onward movement to their base at Oshodi.
As they were about moving, the driver, according to eyewitnesses, poured fuel on his body and struck a stick of matches.
While efforts was on to put out the fire, other commercial bus drivers and conductors, including passers-by, started hauling stones at the LASTMA officials, a development that degenerated into a fight between the officials and hoodlums.
Fear stricken drivers, according to one of the eye witnesses, who identified himself as Tajudeen Onipekun, hurriedly made u-turn to avoid escalating the fire.
Onipekun said: “The LASTMA officials were attacked because they never cared about the victim that was on fire. Rather, they were more interested on moving the vehicle away. The driver was eventually rushed to the hospital. Other drivers around said the victim lost his job last year and just got the commercial bus last November.”
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Oh dear!
ReplyDeleteFrustration made him do that. He may be in debts already and of that bus gets to Lastma office, they will charge him at least 50k to get the bus out. So sad
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DeleteNo remorse for a mumu.
ReplyDeleteLagosians are usually like that, small thing, them don naked for street or carry gutter water bath
Easy naw, did you read the last sentence in the last paragraph. Life must have dealt with him.
Delete11:53 DID YOU READ AT ALL?????!!!!!!!!
DeleteYou're either without a heart, brain or perhaps lacking both.
DeletePls leave all that sentiment. If everybody is left to break traffic rules, do u know how may lives can be lost for it? If he knows he's in a difficult place, why not move cautiously while trying to amend things? Why aggravate his situation?
Delete...in addition to what I just said up there, traffic authorities shd also strive to be fair in their dealings, with offenders. At times offenders make genuine mistakes.
DeleteChai it is well o. People are going through alot and this lastma officuals don't have empathy
ReplyDeleteEeya,the driver was frustrated. He alone knows what he's going through..it is well.
ReplyDeleteWhy waste his life for people that don't care, it won't stop them from their usual modus operandi.
ReplyDeleteI hope he finds rest in the great beyond.
Is he dead?😱
Delete"....finds rest in the great beyond" but he never die nah, he was rushed to the hospital.
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DeleteHe is still alive? good then.
DeleteHe was his own jungle justice, no be juju be that?
ReplyDeleteMay God help us not to enter into a frustrated situation like this one, oga driver kpele
ReplyDeleteOh God!! I am speechless ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
ReplyDeletei pray for speedy recovery for him, may we never experience any form of frustrations IJN AMEN
ReplyDeletePoor driver with vehicle on hire purchase, fuel scarcity with 'increased' price, touts daily fee, other incurred debts, many dependents etc with little or no means of meeting up, what does one expect. The frustration is on the increase daily and the rate of inflation is something else these days.
ReplyDeleteYour right!!!!
DeleteThis same act set off the Arab Spring in Tunisia. When someone is so exasperated, frustrated and feels completely powerless that self-immolation is the only option they see as viable, then you know the oppression is too much. If Nigerians weren't so numb, abused and distracted, this would be bigger news
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, this is exactly what has been going through my mind. Nigerian are so numb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am sure most people dont understand self immolation is the most painful form of sucide and it is a statement in itself.. e go hard for naija to change.
DeleteLike this should be a very big news
DeleteHmmm deep sigh
ReplyDeletePeople are frustrated already, these corrupt law enforcement officers should stop adding their own.
ReplyDeleteMay God heal him and make a way for him.
Wahala no dey finish for this life.
You see what frustration can cause.
ReplyDeleteIt's so disheartening anyway...
God please show us mercy
ReplyDeleteSo sad, people are going through a lot.may God heal him.
ReplyDeleteI'm just having goose bumps. Fire ke? hope he survives and starts a gofundme or gets the attention of Obi Cubana. One million can help him out of his dire situation.
ReplyDeleteIt is well.
ReplyDeleteIt is well.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the true story. It is the area boys that set him ablaze for refusing to part with the usual levy they collect from bus drivers. A friend on Facebook posted the true story. He witnessed it live.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.. regardless life hard Sha..I just feel if the driver get option him no go put 🔥 for body..
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