The passengers of a
luxury bus en route to Jos in Plateau State from Aba, Abia State, were thrown
into confusion on Saturday after a corps members who was one of the passengers
jumped out of the speeding bus.
He was, however, lucky to have escaped with
broken limbs.
The corps member, identified as Pam, was
reportedly being escorted by another corps member from Aba to his home after he
allegedy developed a strange illness in the village where he was currently
undergoing the compulsory one year service in Ebonyi State.
Eyewitness said the
corps member developed the illness and within in a week, it became worse,
prompting the authorities to send him home to seek proper medical attention.
It was gathered that at a point after Fadan
Karshi, along the Jos-Abuja Road, he suddenly overpowered his escort and jumped
out through one of the windows in the bus.
The eyewitness, who identified himself
simply as George, told Punch’s correspondent that the two corps members
entered the bus at 9th Mile on the Markudi-Enugu Road on Friday.
He said, “At a point during the journey, Pam
started disturbing everybody. He became loud, unruly and uncontrollable.
“As we approached the area after Fadan Karshi,
Pam suddenly jumped out of the window. The driver stopped and we all rushed to
see if he was alive. He was lucky to have sustained fractures on his legs and
arms; but it was very serious.”
Pam was said to have been handed over to his
wailing relatives on arrival in Jos.
-Punch
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