LAGOS — Three people were reportedly
killed by Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit,
BRT, with number plate LAGOS XQ 766
LSD and marked LAGBUS F014, yesterday,
at Awoyaya area of Ibeju-Lekki along
Lekki/Epe Expressway, Lagos.
Eyewitness said the victims were on a
motorcycle from Container area of Ibeju-
Lekki and were reportedly being chased by
RRS men before they ran into a BRT,
which killed them instantly.
Chairman of the Arewa community, Ibeju-
Lekki, Musa Sule, said: “What happened
today (yesterday) was against the right of
the people, especially the Arewa
community living in this area.
“I live in Abijo area of Ibeju-Lekki, when I
got to Awoyaya bus-stop, to my surprise,
I saw three people on the road, dead. I
was told that RRS men were chasing them
but as they tried to escape, they ran into
BRT. Both the BRT driver and the RRS
men had escaped.
“We are calling on government to come to
our rescue because this problem is getting
too much in this area. This is not the first
time this will happen. This problem must
not continue in this area because we are
law-abiding people. We will not carry the
corpses until appropriate steps are taken.”
One of the indigenes of Ado/Badore area
in Ajah, Alhaji Adams, pleaded with
government to prevail so that peace will
reign in the area.
He said: ”There is need to take the
corpses off the road. These are human
beings, they should be respected. What
happened has happened. We are law-
abiding citizens, we don’t want trouble in
Ibeju Lekki.”
Meanwhile, the Baale of Awoyaya, Alhaji
Yisa Babatunde, has said it was sad to
experience such horrible incident in his
domain.
According to him, “the activities of the
Police in this part of Lagos is nothing to
write home about. There is need for
government to look into this problem so
that it does not degenerate into riot.”