A female soldier in the Nigerian army yesterday beat a
conductor to coma over change at Iyana Isashi, along Lagos- Badagry
expressway in Lagos State.
LeadershipNg reports that the soldier, who was in mufti, had boarded
the mini- bus at Mile 2 and was going to Agbara area of Ogun State
before the incident occurred. An argument which degenerated into a fight
began when the soldier who allegedly gave the conductor N500 demanded
for her change and the conductor said he had given her the money.
Although some passengers in the vehicle supported the woman,
asserting that the conductor did not give her any change, all efforts
made by the passengers to make the conductor do so proved abortive.
One of the passengers, Ikechukwu Obi told LEADERSHIP Weekend that the
woman even identified herself as a soldier but the stubborn conductor
did not want to listen.
Obi said when the woman became angry and ordered the driver to park,
they knew that trouble was brewing. He said the woman grabbed the
conductor by his collar and the conductor threatened to beat her.
He
said his utterances angered the soldier who dragged him down from the
vehicle and gave him the beating of his life.