Gloria Ogbu
A 51-year-old man identified as Frederick Olorunfemi, has died while fighting a school bus driver who allegedly molested his seven-year-old daughter in Lagos State.
According to report, Frederick had gone to the school’s administration with his wife and daughter to report the molestation and requested immediate action.
It was gathered that Jacob, the driver, fled the scene after Frederick was killed in the scuffle.
Speaking with Newsmen, Frederick’s widow narrated: “On Wednesday, Feb. 1, my daughter told me that her school bus driver had been taking her to his house in Ajuwon, on the pretext that he needed to drop something off at home and that she should follow him.
“When they entered the house, the driver would ask my daughter to sit on his lap; to raise her school uniform, and to kiss him on the mouth.
“I told my husband what our daughter said on Monday, Feb. 6, and he immediately called the school to lodge a complaint and said he was also reporting the allegation to the police.
“He was told to come to the school first, so we went there on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and we met the school owner, the driver, and some of the teachers.
“After listening to us, the school owner confronted the driver, saying that he had returned late with the school bus the previous week, and when asked, he said he had gone to drop something at home.
“He was later asked about the allegations levelled against him, which he denied. My daughter was then asked, and she narrated the same experience she told us at home.
“The driver couldn’t say anything other than to query: `me’? `me’? `me’? My husband, who was visibly angry, slapped the driver, and they started fighting, during which he pushed my husband on his chest. He fell and efforts to revive him were abortive. We rushed him to a hospital, where he was confirmed dead.”
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesman in Lagos State, confirmed the incident and said the police were on the trail of the driver and would not relent until he was apprehended.