Police probe viral video of bus driver threatening passengers in Lagos

The Nigeria Police Force has commenced an probe into a viral video showing a antheral clad successful police-branded attire driving a commercialized autobus successful Lagos portion allegedly issuing threats to passengers.

The incident, said to person occurred astir Eko Bridge, captured the driver, wearing a constabulary T-shirt and cap, engaging successful a heated speech with commuters wrong the vehicle.

In the footage, a rider is heard confronting the operator implicit his remarks, saying helium had threatened to termination occupants and dispose of their bodies successful a adjacent river.

Other passengers reportedly warned they would grounds and stock the incidental online, to which the operator responded by daring them to proceed.

An eyewitness relationship shared connected X by a idiosyncratic identified arsenic Oyindamola alleged that the concern escalated aft the operator abruptly stopped the autobus mid-journey to acquisition substance without anterior notice.

According to the post, passengers who questioned the unscheduled halt were met with hostility, with the operator allegedly making convulsive threats against them.

Reacting to the development, the Force’s Media Officer, Aliyu ...