Conductor stabs passenger to death over transport fare in surulere

A 30-year-old man, Omoyeni Ojo, has allegedly been
stabbed to death by an unidentified bus conductor in
the Kilo area of Surulere, Lagos, over transportation
fare.
The late Omoyeni, The Nation reports, boarded a
commercial bus at Ojuelegba area of Surulere and
handed the conductor a N500 note in payment of
the fare.
The conductor was said to have warned the
deceased that he had no lower denomination of
the currency to pay Omoyeni his balance.
Argument ensued in the process and the duo
engaged in a fight but was separated by other
passengers on the bus.
The conductor allegedly stabbed Rowland with a
broken bottle.
An eyewitness said, “He (Omoyeni) boarded the
commercial bus at Ojuelegba and gave the
conductor N500. The transport fare is just N50
and he demanded a balance of N450 but the
conductor told him off. They launched an
argument that resulted in a fight but they were
separated by other passengers.
“On getting to Kilo Bus Stop, where he
disembarked, a fight again broke out between the
late Omoyeni and the conductor, when the
conductor could not provide his balance of N450.
It was during the fight that the conductor stabbed
Omoyeni dead with a broken bottle.”

Another eyewitness, who simply identified himself
as Gloria, said that Omoyeni fell in a pool of
blood and died a few minutes later after drivers
at a nearby Taxi Park allegedly declined to take
him to hospital.
“Omoyeni, aka Rowland, struggled in a pool of his
blood for about one hour but no one was ready to
take him to hospital. Even the cab drivers around
did not assist in taking him to hospital before he
died.
“Now, we are living in fear as youths in the area
have vowed to take up commercial bus and taxi
drivers in the community. As we speak, you can
hardly get commercial vehicles to take you to
Ojuelegba because of the unfortunate incident.”
The incident has been reported to Aguda Police
Station, Surulere.