Lagos Bus Service Suspends Operations Indefinitely Over Ongoing #EndSARS Protest

The management of the Lagos Bus Services Limited has placed all operations across the state on hold until further notice, the company said in a statement Thursday.

The move comes in the wake of allegations that one of its buses was used in conveying thugs to Alausa to disrupt #EndSARS protests as seen in a viral video.

The Managing Director, LBSL, Mr. Idowu Oguntona, said contrary to reports, none of its buses was used in conveying thugs to disrupt protests.

According to Oguntona, the armed thugs alighted from a yellow commercial bus just next to the BRT heading for Oshodi, adding that many passengers started jumping out of the bus due to fear.

A statement signed by its Public Affairs Officer, Afolabi Olawale, read in part: “While giving a background to the video, the Managing Director of LBSL, Mr. Idowu Oguntona, stated that bus 240171 in the video was heading towards Oshodi from Berger around 8am when some armed individuals disembarked from a particular yellow vehicle in front of the bus at the Secretariat Bus Stop, on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway and headed towards the direction of the bus.

“One of our buses during the normal cause of operations ran into approaching armed people this morning. When the people were sighted armed and heading towards our bus, commuters in the bus scampered for safety due to the imminent danger. One of the passengers even tried to escape through the rear window of the bus.

“The armed group, whose identity remains unknown, later went their way without attacking the bus. In fact, all the passengers were eventually commuted safely to their destination at Oshodi.”

Oguntona added that it was quite disheartening that the incident was linked to the activities of some hoodlums.

The MD of the bus company said that in the interim, the company “is forced to suspend temporarily all bus operations for the safety of passengers and until it is safe to return to service. He pleaded for understanding from all esteemed passengers and reiterated the rights of people to peaceful protests and condemned any attack on people participating.”

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Posted: at 16-10-2020 07:32 AM (3 years ago) | Hero

The JOBLESS and ANGRY youths should have forwarded their frustrations to those MEGA Pastors that caged their destinies under CLOSED heaven by falsefully collecting the Tithes and Offering to enrich themselves. All the streets are being taken over by mushroom churches and need to attend Mon, Wed, Fri and Sunday service, just to collect from the poor and you guys think BUHARI is the issues?
Have you ever ask yourselves why all your praying & fasting never bring peace to the country? Wake you my people, Nigeria will be a better place if corruptions are cleansed across the isle. The #EndSars will not be enough if the REAL protesters is sincerely agitating for CHANGE -- hold these Mega pastors accountable and see how this will roll.

Posted: at 16-10-2020 04:40 PM (3 years ago) | Upcoming