A man, in the process of challenging a Luyol School’s bus driver for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter has died in the confrontation.
The deceased, identified as Mr. Frederick was reportedly pushed on his chest by the suspect – Jacob as he fell and died at the spot.
As of the time of filing the report, Jacob is still at large after disappearing from the scene and is now the target of a manhunt by the police.
The wife said the suspect on the run usually claimed that he needed to drop something at home.
She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that her husband went to school after he was asked to come to settle the matter.
She said, “On February 1, my daughter told me that her school bus driver had been taking her to his house in Ajuwon.
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“The driver would ask my daughter to sit on his lap, to raise her school uniform and to kiss him.”
Frederick and his wife went to to the school on February 7, met the school owner, the driver and some of the teachers.
The proprietor confronted Jacob, recalling he returned late with the school bus the previous week.
The widow said after the girl narrated the same experience in front of everyone, the driver queried: “Me?..me?..me?”
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Frederick then angrily slapped him, which led to a fight; Jacob pushed the father on his chest, causing him to fall.
“We rushed him to a hospital, where he was confirmed dead,” the widow disclosed.
