After being robbed at gunpoint by two
armed bandits, a 54-year-old Danfo
(Commercial bus driver), Onyema Obinna,
showed that he may be aged but still has
that touch of bravery as he gave them a
hot chase in his bus » , knocked them
down, killing one of them in the process.

The incident which happened in the Ejigbo area
of Lagos State, according to eyewitnesses, also
saw one of the robbers, Lukman Jamiu, seriously
injured.
Narrating the encounter with the bandits,
Obinna, said when the two-man gang who rode
on a motorcycle, confronted him, they had just
robbed a woman going to work early in the
morning Ronik Road, and after snatching her
bag » from her, they moved on to him where he
was waiting for a passenger and ordered him to
surrender all his money to them.
Obinna said the robbers also threatened to
shoot him if he refused to comply with them.
“When I told them that I had no money, they said
they would kill me if they searched and found
money on me. I gave them the N10,000 that was
with me and they left.
However, I decided to follow them hoping to alert
policemen. When they sighted my vehicle, they
increased their speed and in the process, dropped
a black nylon bag. I kept following them because
the nylon bag was not mine.
When they got to NEPA Junction, they attempted
to cross to the other side by driving against
traffic, I rammed into them.
One of them died and the other fell. Suddenly, he
started shouting that a Danfo driver had killed his
passenger. I quickly rushed to where some OPC
boys were and begged them to help me call the
police.
A patrol van later came and the woman, who was
robbed earlier, and she collected her bag that was
dropped.”
Jamiu, 25, admitted to the crime but said he
was forced to go into robbery to raise N5,000
for his ailing wife.
“I am a commercial bus driver, plying Badagry and
Orile. But presently, I do not have any bus to work
with.”