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There was confusion in the Ifo area of Ogun
State after a bus driver, Akorede Ogunjobi, and
his conductor, Kazeem Adelere, were attacked
by an angry mob for allegedly abducting eight
pupils of Oyes Faithful College, Ifo.
The suspects would have been lynched, but for
the intervention of policemen from the state
command who took them into custody.
PUNCH Metro Aproko learnt that 10 pupils of
the school had on Tuesday joined the
commercial bus marked, AKD-948-XJ Lagos,
at the Techno bus stop after leaving the
school.
It was learnt that two unidentified men sat
beside the driver, while the conductor manned
the bus entrance.
After two of the pupils alighted at their
designated bus stop, the driver was alleged to
have refused to stop for other pupils.
When the pupils indicated that they wanted to
alight at the bus stop, the driver was alleged
to have shunned their calls and continued
speeding on the expressway.
The conductor was alleged to have stood at
the bus entrance to prevent the pupils from
escaping.
PUNCH Aproko was told that one of the pupils
in Senior Secondary School 1, Akorede Aliu,
13, jumped off the bus while on motion.
Some minutes later, another male Junior
Secondary School 1 pupil, Ajibose Fawasi, 11,
was said to have also leaped out of the bus,
leaving behind six female pupils.
A motorist was reported to have blocked the
commercial vehicle’s path and forced it to a
halt.
A lawyer, Isaac Durowoju, told PUNCH Metro
Aproko he called the police to rescue the
suspects from the mob, adding that injured
pupils had been taken to the hospital.
He said, “After two of the pupils alighted at
Iya Abiodun bus stop, other pupils observed
that the driver took to the fast lane and
started speeding.
“When they told the driver and the conductor
where they would alight, the two men laughed
at them. While on motion, two boys jumped
out at different intervals, but the driver
refused to stop. This was what aroused the
curiosity of a motorist, who blocked him three
bus stops from where he should have
stopped.”
It was learnt that the two unidentified
passengers, escaped from the scene while the
suspects were being mobbed.
PUNCH Aproko gathered that the driver and
the conductor denied abducting the pupils at
the police station.
A source said when queried on why they
refused to pull over after the two pupils
jumped out of the vehicle, they reportedly
pleaded for mercy.
It was learnt that the state commissioner of
police, Ahmed Ilayasu, had ordered that the
case be transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department,
Eleweran.
A representative of Oyes Faithful College, Mr.
Ayodele James, confirmed the incident to
PUNCH Aproko, adding that the case was with
the police.
She said, “The incident happened immediately
we closed from the school around 4pm. There
was an attempt to abduct some pupils, but a
motorist prevented it.”
A parent of one of the affected pupils, Mrs.
Olasumbo Olojede, said her daughter, Bisola,
told her the driver and conductor wanted to
take them to an unknown destination.
The mother added that although Bisola was
still in shock, she was doing well.
Korede’s mother, Mrs. Risikat Aliu, said she
did not know the extent of his injuries after he
jumped out of the vehicle.
“But we give God the glory for the safety of
the children,” she added.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police
Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, “The case
was reported by the proprietress of the school
around 5.30pm on Tuesday. When the
students closed from school, 10 of them
boarded a commercial bus. Two of them
alighted at their designated bus stop.
“But the driver made an attempt to drive the
remaining eight pupils to an unknown
destination. It was a Good Samaritan who
used his vehicle to block the bus when the
pupils started shouting. Two of them even
jumped out of the vehicle.
“The case has been transferred to the SCIID,
Eleweran, on the order of the CP. At the end of
investigation, the suspects would be arraigned
in court.”
[color =red]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports that when
the bus driver and the conductor were been
beating by the mob they kept singing the hit
song by Danfo Drivers "I am a danfo driver
swor"
