Port Harcourt: Tragedy struck in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Friday, October 1st, when Tedus Ohawen, a middle-aged man reportedly died after he was pushed out of a moving bus he boarded by the conductor during an argument along Wobo Street, Mile Three axis of Port Harcourt.
Eyewitnesses said the argument was because of N50 change which the passenger demanded from the conductor.
An eyewitness, a lady said the argument was so much that the conductor pushed the man out of the bus, saying when he fell, the bus driver hit the man with his vehicle, leading to his death.
“I went to the market to buy something along Ikwerre Road, I saw a man inside the bus and the conductor was dragging N50. The man told the conductor to give him his N50 change but the conductor refused. The next thing, the conductor pushed him out of the bus. The driver then climbed the man with the bus. The driver and conductor ran. Finally, the man died there on the road,” she narrated as the incident caused a gridlock in the area.
Speaking to newsmen, the Chief Security Officer of Diobu Vigilante Mile 3 Unit, Godstime Ihunwo, said the incident occurred at about 11:30 am, saying the driver and his conductor fled but the former was later apprehended.
“Today October 1st, at about 11:30 am, at Wobo by Ikwerre Road Junction, there was an argument between a bus driver, the conductor and a passenger. The conductor pushed the passenger, Tedus Ohawen. The bus then hit the man and he died on the spot.
