So Sad!! Bus Crushes Infant To Death While Mum Was Trying To Collect N150 Change

Oh dear! Pandemonium broke out in Makurdi, Benue State capital recently when a commercial bus crushed to death an infant baby over N150 change, injuring the nursing mother in the process.

The luciferious incident happened along Makurdi-Gboko expressway last Wednesday at about 9pm.

The father of the deceased baby who simply gave his name as Senator Anuum narrated that the mother of child had boarded the vehicle, alongside her baby, from the second gate of the Benue State University (BSU) to Coca-Cola junction located along the highway.

When the mother of the child was about to alight from the bus at the junction, she gave the conductor N200 and she was supposed to be given a balance of N150 which, 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 said.

According to Idoma Voice, it was further gathered that the barbaric act drew the attention of residents and passers-by who thronged to the place to catch a glimpse and rescue the wailing woman. The matter has been reported to security agencies.

- When bad thing want to happen, na small thing dey start am. God help us to decipher and avoid danger.