A nursing mother was seriously injured and her baby crushed to
death on Wednesday, June 15, after they were struck by a commercial bus
along Makurdi-Gboko expressway, Benue over N150 change.
According to the child's father, Senator Anuum, his wife had boarded
the vehicle with their baby strapped to her back, from the second gate
of the Benue State University
(BSU) to Coca-Cola junction. When she got to her destination, she gave
the bus conductor a N200 note. She was supposed to be given a balance of
N150 but the conductor
refused.
"The mother and her child, who she carried at her back, were the
remaining passengers in the bus. The conductor did not want to give her
the change and they drove off, in the process she grabbed the conductor
that was already on the moving vehicle, with her baby at the back and
she lost balance, fell down and was dragged on the road till the baby
fell off from her back, in between the back wheels and was smashed, died
instantly and the driver and the conductor drove off," Anuum narrated
.
The matter has been reported to
security agencies but efforts to contact the police public relations officer, ASP Moses
Yamu failed. However, a police source said investigation is ongoing to fish out both driver and conductor.
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