Acommercial bus driver that plies University of Ilọrin (UNILORIN) slumped on the wheel on Friday, March 15, 2024, while ferrying passengers to the school, TheNATION reports.
The driver, identified simply identified as Lukman, was later pronounced dead at the institution’s clinic.
The tragic incident, it was gathered, left the occupants of the vehicle in shock.
A passenger who witnessed the incident had narrated in a viral WhatsApp message that he had to take control of the bus to save himself and other students and avert a bigger tragedy.
He said: “Our bus driver just died on the road while driving us from Sanrab to UNILORIN. I was sitting in the front but I wasn’t looking up because I was reading the Qur’an on my phone.
“The other person beside me just called my attention shouting Baba multiple times.
“By the time I looked up, he was already gasping and the bus was drifting away from the road.
“I had to press the brake, take control and bring it to a halt.
“He was pronounced dead at the school clinic. “Everything happened within 30 minutes.”
The late driver’s colleague, Sulyman Malik, who also confirmed the incident, said: “He greeted me on Thursday about my own recent accident.
“This just shows that this life is vanity.
“He has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
“He was a very handsome man and you would not think of his death even in the next 30 years.”
UNILORIN’s Corporate Affairs Director, Mr Kunle Akogun, confirmed the incident. He described it as very unfortunate, saying life is ephemeral.
