19/09/2023
I was on my way back from work one night. I entered a bus at Lekki gate. When I entered, there was this lady, sitting directly behind the driver, shouting and cursing the driver. Her complaint was that he has been wasting time, stopping to carry passengers at every bus stop.
This lady kept raining curses on the driver and the driver too was returning the curses. We passengers intervened and told them to stop. But, neither of them was ready to shut up. They kept on with this argument. We just kept quiet, looking at them that when the get tired, they'd stop.
I began feeling uncomfortable in the bus and started praying that God should just let us land in peace. I was already planning to get down at the next stop and look for another bus that'd take me home. The driver was no more concentrating as he was busy exchanging words with the lady.
It turned into an heated argument that they started threatening themselves. Driver was threatening to kill the lady. The lady was threatening to show the driver who she is.
"Abeg, if una wan kill unaself, make we come down first o." One passenger shouted.
All of a sudden, the driver called the lady "Ashewo". Omo, that was how this lady stood up and started holding this driver's neck. The driver couldn't see the road well again. He started swerving left and right in a rough manner. Everybody in the bus started shouting and holding the lady. And this driver refused to stop. Claiming he'd intentionally drive the bus and cause accident so that both of them would dîe.
I started shouting "Please, I've reached my bus stop, I want to come down oo" He didn't answer.
Luckily for us, we got to a traffic light at civic centre. As the bus was stopping, the first aldy at the entrance jumped down. Me that was at the back jumped after( I don't even know the magic that happened there). Like two other people were able to Jump down, before the light went green. Funny enough, the lady that was fighting the driver, jumped down too.
Almost immediately the green light came on, the driver sped off with one innocent lady at the back, who wasn't fast enough to come down. She was screaming as the driver sped off. I just prayed that God should protect the lady.
After we got down, we started thanking out stars. The lady that was fighting the driver was still busy laying curses on the driver, even as he had already gone.
We stood there, waiting for another bus.
One bus showed up and this lady stopped the bus, and called me to come enter.
"My friend, come jare, let's enter this one"
Me:
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