Passengers Rob IFESINACHI Bus, Rape Fellow Passengers

Two ladies in a bus conveying passengers from Lagos to Abuja were on Tuesday raped at the Sagamu area of Ogun State by armed robbers who posed as passengers and boarded the same bus with them. The gunmen also robbed all the passengers. 

It was gathered that the gang of armed robbers boarded the bus with others at Jibowu, Lagos. But on getting to Sagamu, they brought out their guns, ordered the driver to stop and then diverted the bus into the bush.

The Station Manager, Ifesinachi Bus Transit, who identified himself simply as Nelson, confirmed the incident. He said the victims would be compensated. 

"Truly, the bus was robbed, and I immediately left to meet the victims when the report got to us. I addressed everybody, including the two girls that were raped. Some were given money to return home while others were advised to report at our Jibowu office for another bus to convey them to Abuja the next day," he said.

Nelson admitted that the passengers were not checked before they boarded the vehicle, saying he thought the style used by the robbers was no longer in vogue. “We are sorry for not checking the passengers but you need to understand that nobody is perfect... This was part of the reasons why we don’t operate night buses,” he said.

On the insinuation that the bus’ driver could have been the mastermind of the robbery, the station manager said all their workers were reliable.

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