An Ogudu Magistrates’
Court has remanded a 48-year-old nurse in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly
failing to pay a commercial bus owned by the Lagos State Government the correct
fare.
The nurse, Oduwole
Taiwo, who lives at Lucky Fiber Road, Ikorodu, was said to have boarded the bus
from Ikorodu to Ojota at about 4.15 p.m. A journey which costs N100 instead of
the N50 she offered to pay.
The prosecutor, Sgt.
Ihiehie Lucky, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 10
at Ketu Bus Stop.
He said there was an
argument between the accused and a LAGBUS ticketer over fare.
He said, “As the
ticketer was collecting money from other passengers, she got to the accused and
she brought out N50 to pay instead of N100.
“The conductor became
angry and threatened that she would not be allowed her to disembark at her bus
stop until she pays her bus fare.
“The driver tried to
settle the matter and to his dismay, the accused left the ticketer and held the
driver’s trouser on motion.
“The accused also
unlawfully held the steering of the bus, causing the driver, Ogbogbo Gabriel,
to lose control and in the process, the bus hit a BRT bus.”
The offences
contravened Sections 166(1), (d) and 171 of The Criminal Law of Lagos State,
2011.
Section 166(1) provides
a fine of N15, 000 or three months imprisonment or both for disorderly
behaviour, while Section 171 stipulates three years for assault occasioning
harm.
Taiwo pleaded not
guilty to the two charges of disorderly conduct and assault occasioning harm.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.
Sule-Amzat, granted the accused bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one surety in
like sum.
The case was adjourned
to September 20.
-Punch
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