A Nigerian commercial bus driver has been detained for the tragic killing of a 10-year-old boy identified as Chukwudi at the Iganmu-Mile 2 Expressway in Lagos State.
Reports say the 69-year-old driver, identified as Waidi Saheed, was arrested after he crushed the little boy to death with his vehicle on Sunday morning while over speeding.
According to a police source, the boy was standing on a culvert around Doyin bus stop with his father, when the driver, with hia Nissan Coastal commercial bus and registration number JJE-134 XK tragically hit and killed him on the spot.
“One Bernard said he was going to church with his children at about 7 a.m., and while standing on a culvert at the Doyin bus stop along the Iganmu-Mile 2 Expressway, a Nissan Coastal commercial bus with registration number JJE-134 XK driven by one Waidi Saheed, aged 65, who was alleged to be driving at high speed, hit his son, aged 10, and smashed his skull, and he died instantly,” the source detailed.
State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident, adding that the remains had been deposited at the Yaba General Hospital morgue.
Hundeyin also confirmed that both the driver and the vehicle were in police custody, while investigations were ongoing.
“The corpse has been taken to the morgue at the Yaba General Hospital. The driver was later arrested, and the accident vehicle is in police custody. The investigation is ongoing,” he said.
