Man charged with killing bus conductor

A 37-year-old man, Mr.
Stephen Uba, was on
Wednesday charged before a
Yaba Chief Magistrate's
Court in Lagos for allegedly
pushing a bus conductor out
of a moving vehicle and
causing his death.
Uba is standing trial on a
one-count charge of
unlawfully causing the death
of the conductor, Chika Nna,
on July 2 at Barracks Bus
Stop, Badagry Expressway,
Lagos.

The prosecuting counsel, Mr.
Okoronkwo Okorie, told the
court that the accused and
his wife were passengers in
an Ojo-Okokomaiko bus when
the incident occurred, the
News Agency of Nigeria
reports.

Okorie said a passenger had
raised alarm that a robber
was in the bus and that this
made the passengers to
scramble for safety.
He explained that as the
passengers were rushing out
of the moving vehicle, the
accused pushed the
conductor, who was by the
door of the bus, to allow him
(Uba) jump out.

The prosecutor said that Nna
fell off the moving bus and
was hit by another vehicle.
He died immdediately.
Okorie added that the
offence contravened Section
325 of the Criminal Code of
Lagos State and was
punishable with life
imprisonment.
Uba, however, pleaded
not guilty' to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr.
Akintunde Isaacs, granted
him bail in the sum of
N200,000 with two sureties
in like sum.
The case was adjourned till
October 8 for further
hearing.