A bus
conductor identified as 32-year old,Taye Ajayi is in trouble, and has
been arrested for biting off the ear of a passenger after they had an
argument over N20!
Taye who
collects money in the commercial bus that plies the Egbeda area of Lagos
state, was said to have attacked the unlucky passenger Mr. Kabiru
Olugbemi at Micon bus stop also in the Egbeda area.
The two had a disagreement after Kabiru paid Taye a bus fee of N30 instead of the N50 Ajayi demanded from him.
When Kabiru
arrived, his destination, he alighted from the bus but as he tried to
walk away, Ajayi allegdly grabbed his left ear and bit it off, throwing
it on the ground!
Kabiru was rushed to a nearby hospital, admist severe bleeding, where the ear could not be fixed, as it was confirmed dead.
See graphic photo below:
On these
grounds, Taye was arrested and charged to court for inflicting permanent
injury on the victim under the Criminal Code. He however pleaded not
guilty.
The
presiding magistrate, Mr P. E. Nwaka granted him bail in the sum of
N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was remanded in prison custody
pending when he will fulfill his bail condition. The case was adjourned
till 6 October this year.
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