Brt Did Not Kill Any Soldier -lagbus Premium Times Published: July 4,2014 The withdrawal of the luxury buses left thousands of commuters stranded and crippled commercial activities on Ikorodu road. The LAGBUS Asset Management Limited, operators of LAGBUS, on Friday, said contrary to claims by soldiers and reports, it was not a BRT bus that killed a soldier. The death of the soldier drew angst from raging soldiers, who burnt BRT buses said to be worth about N100 million, and beat up the bus drivers and witnesses of their rampage. Explaining the accident, Abiodun Apata, Project Manager, Mutual Model Transports, one of the LAGBUS Franchises, said the company only found a corpse after an eventful night and went to report it to the police. “By 10 p.m. last night, one of our buses broke down at Onipanu; by 11 p.m., a rescue team with a van went to the scene to tow the bus. “Unfortunately, area boys started stoning our team which made our men to leave. Meanwhile, the driver put on hazard lights and C- Caution to alert motorists of the breakdown. “By 5am this morning, before the rescue team got to the scene, a corpse had been deposited in our bus and a motorcycle parked behind it. “When we saw it, we reported the case to the Pedro Police Station, Somolu, but before we got back to the scene, soldiers had burnt down five BRT buses and one belonging to LAGBUS.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 07:32:29 +0000
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