Commercial driver dies in sleep inside bus in Lagos...

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Firstclass newsline was at the Ojodu Berger Motor Park area of Lagos
on Wednesday after drivers and passengers found a commercial driver
dead inside his bus.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the deceased, only known by a
nickname, Big Daddy, had slept overnight inside the bus, only to be
found dead on Wednesday.
It was learnt that the driver, who hailed from Odogbolu, Ogun State,
lived in the Ikorodu area of Lagos with his family.
It was gathered that the matter was reported to the Ojodu Abiodun
Police Division which later sent officers to remove the corpse.
When firstclass newsline crew got to the park, a member of the
executive of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, who
declined to be named, said the driver might have been killed by
depression resulting from a debt burden.
He said, "It is not the first time that commercial drivers would sleep
overnight in their buses in this park, especially those who come from
distant places like Ikorodu, Lagos Island and so on. Big Daddy plied
daily between the Ojodu Berger and Oshodi areas.
"When he finished work at about 10pm, he complained that he was
feeling very weak. He bought a bag of sachet water and emptied them on
his body. It was just this morning that I was called on the phone that
he died inside his bus.
"The only thing I know is that he had a debt on his neck. He was
paying back the money he borrowed to purchase the bus in installments.
The bus recently developed faults. His wife and only son, Sunday, stay
in Ikorodu, and have been informed about his death."
A driver in the park, who gave his name simply as Babatunde, added
that the radio which the deceased was listening to still blared when
he was found dead.
He said, "We switched off the radio. I have never seen such a strange
death. His first wife died about nine months ago, and he recently
remarried. He died while sleeping on the steering. He was wearing only
his underwear. He was a gentleman. It was shocking he died suddenly
like that."
Firstclass newsline observed as drivers, food sellers and workers in
the park discussed the incident with one another.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,
said he would get back to our correspondent on the matter. He,
however, had yet to do so as of press time.
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