A young father of 5 who works as a commercial bus driver in Lagos has been reportedly stabbed to death over a trivial issue by suspected motor park thugs.
Teslim Tajudeen, one of the suspects
A 30-year-old Lagos driver, Samuel Adamo was stabbed to death in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.
Adamo, who was married with three wives and five children is said to have been attacked in one of the motor parks in the Oshodi-under-bridge area, while calling passengers into his bus.
It was learnt that some motor park thugs aka 'agbero', had approached him for a ‘loading fee’, but the deceased allegedly declined payment, saying there was no passenger in his bus yet.
This supposedly caused an argument, which led to a fight between the victim and the thugs. Three of the area boys allegedly stabbed Adamo in the neck, chest and stomach and he reportedly bled to death.
It was gathered that the police arrested one of the suspects, 21 year old Teslim Tajudeen. Tajudeen however, claimed not to be responsible for the death, adding that he only stabbed Adamo in the chest.
He said in Yoruba:
“I work as a conductor, although I do not have a permanent bus I work with. Whenever I don’t work as a conductor, I help touts to collect money from drivers in Oshodi. “I was actually walking down to the spot where I usually stay to collect loading fee when I saw a driver arguing with some of our boys – Lateef, aka Eba, and and Baba Oba. When I got there, I was told that they asked Adamo to pay for loading before taking passengers.
“The driver refused, claiming he had yet to load his bus. The argument led to a fight. The driver threatened to stab Eba and Baba Oba. I tried to separate them, but the driver also threatened to stab me. Eba subsequently picked a bottle and smashed it on the ground. He stabbed the driver in the stomach; I also picked the broken bottle and stabbed him in the chest, while Baba Oba stabbed him in the neck.”
The police have kept Tajudeen in custody with efforts to apprehended the other suspects still on.