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       Soldier kills danfo driver over N100
   DIR By: Tony okey
       Date: December 31, 2013, 1:18 pm
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       There was pandemonium on Monday morning at the
       Obalende bus terminus at the Obalende, Ikoyi area of
       Lagos State after a yet-to-be-identified soldier killed a
       commercial bus driver, Bashiru Adebayo. Eyewitnesses
       say the soldier killed the 34-year-old over an argument
       on N100 transport fare. An eyewitness, Abdulrasheed
       Ajagun, said the soldier had accompanied a woman to the
       bus park and had left when the argument started. He
       said, “The soldier was in mufti, so nobody knew he was a
       soldier. He came to the park with the woman and she
       boarded one of the buses going to Yaba. “The bus
       conductor told the woman she would pay N150 for the
       normal fare and N100 for the three bags she had in the
       boot. “After arguing that she would not pay, she decided
       to call her soldier friend on the telephone. He came back
       to the park and started querying the conductor over the
       N100. “The driver, who was calling passengers into the
       bus, heard their argument and went to intervene.
       “Before anyone knew what was happening, the soldier
       had held him (driver) by his shirt and started slapping
       him. As we all begged him to leave him alone, he gave the
       driver a blow in the neck. He slumped. “Not satisfied, he
       stamped his foot on him. The danfo driver died right
       there.” A mob was said to have quickly gathered around
       the area, while the soldier was seized and beaten up.
       Some policemen monitoring traffic within the vicinity
       were said to have rescued the soldier from the irate mob.
       However, another eye witness, Christian Chukwu who is
       also a driver, said the woman, who started the incident,
       ran to Dodan Barracks and mobilised other soldiers who
       descended on the people in the park. He said, “The
       soldiers beat up everyone without asking any question.
       “A policeman, who wore the rank of a Deputy
       Superintendent of Police was also beaten up. The
       policeman was the one that held the soldier after he was
       rescued from the mob. They wanted to collect his gun, he
       refused and insisted the soldier must follow him to the
       station. They tore his clothes and removed his cap. A
       reporter with Radio Nigeria, who was filming the scene,
       was also beaten up. His phones and gadgets were
       destroyed. The brother of the deceased, who held the
       corpse in his arms, was equally assaulted.” Our
       correspondent learnt that some other soldiers later
       arrived at the scene and took away the killer soldier in an
       Audi car. PUNCH Metrolearnt that the corpse of the Oyo
       State indigene was taken to the General Hospital
       mortuary. A friend of the late driver, who identified
       himself simply as Baba Ijebu, described the deceased as a
       gentle and peaceful man who in his 15 years in the park
       had never fought with anybody. Director, Army Public
       Relations Office, 81 Division, Lt. Col Omale Ochuagwuba,
       toldPUNCH Metrothat the suspect had been arrested and
       investigations had begun. The army spokesman promised
       that the matter would not be swept under the carpet. He
       said, “The soldier (suspect) said he was in mufti and was
       seeing his wife off at Obalende. His wife was billed to
       travel to the village and was boarding a commercial bus.
       His wife’s belongings had been put into the bus but an
       argument ensued over the cost of transportation. “The
       soldier told the driver that the price was too high and the
       driver threw the soldier’s wife’s bags out of the vehicle
       and he pushed the soldier and the two of them started
       fighting. The driver’s colleagues joined hands and started
       beating up the soldier. “The soldier’s wife ran down to
       Dodan Barracks to report the matter, but by the time the
       soldiers got there, the bus driver was already dead
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