Some louts said to be workers of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management have brutalised a commercial bus conductor, Saheed Alimi, in the Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The video clip, seen by our correspondent, showed that Alimi was dragged on the floor by three louts.
He said, “Saheed is actually a driver but he decided to be a conductor that day. I drove the bus that day and it was because of N100 that they brutalised him. He was beaten and dragged on the floor; his hand was injured. I was pleading with them that he already had pain in his hand but they didn’t listen. Instead, they started flogging me with their canes as well.
The President of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, Akintade Abiodun, said a meeting had been scheduled with the Chairman, Lagos State Parks and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, akaregarding recent attacks on commercial drivers and conductors by louts working for the agency.
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