A tribunal has been set up in Lagos to
investigate the alleged burning of BRT
buses in the state on July 4
A three-man panel has been set up in Lagos to
investigate the July 4 mayhem which occurred on
the popular Ikorodu road and involved the
burning of some BRT buses.
A witness reportedly told the panel yesterday,
September 17, 2014, that a female soldier sprayed
the Bus Rapid Transit vehicles with petrol.
The inferno raged at the Palmgrove Bus Stop in
an incident that supposedly went on for three
hours and was blamed on the death of a soldier.
The testimony was reportedly given by one
Mustapha, an employee of Mutual Model
Transport Ltd., a sub-operator of the LAGBUS.
He said further that he saw a corpse in a bus
while trying to start it and that he immediately
informed a colleague.
He continued:
"They (the soldiers) entered the bus. They saw
the body and checked his identity card. They
assigned two soldiers to guard the bus and left.
"When they came back, they started vandalising
the bus. A female soldier came and she started
pouring fuel inside the bus.
"After that I saw three buses, one in blue colour
and two in red colour on fire."
Testimonies are expected from other witnesses
including officers of the Nigerian Army family
members of the dead soldier.
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