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It was like a drama
on Sunday morning, February 27,An Abuja bus driver yesterday
confiscated the shoe of a passenger at the Wuse Zone 4 Bus Stop.

The passenger, who
simply called himself Joshua, had boarded a Nyanya bus at Sky Memorial
Bus Stop, Wuse Zone 5 at about 9:15am yesterday.

According to Ralph
Okechukwu, who was one of the passengers in the bus, trouble started
when Joshua had insisted on paying N30 instead of the usual N40 for the
service rendered by the bus operator.

“To be sincere, the
driver is not to blame because the conductor called the fare for each
destination. The man did not approach either of them to tell them the
amount he has but he entered thinking that he can pay any amount.
However, when the passenger and the conductor began to exchange verbal
words, the driver came down from his seat, advanced to the passenger
and pulled off the right-leg shoe,” he said.

Although the
passenger did not make attempt to fight back, Mr Okechukwu said the bus
driver, in anger, threw the shoe into his vehicle and zoomed off.

Off with shoe

Mr Joshua however
said he was not aware of the said transport fare named by the
conductor. “The conductor did not tell me anything when I was entering
the bus. He was only lying,” he said.

Effort by the
passers-by to get the shoe recovered from the bus operator were
unsuccessful. Bewildered by the attitude of the bus operator, some of
them who spoke to NEXT said “To me, it is inhuman for the bus driver to
have exhibited such attitude. Maybe the man has no other money with
him. The driver and the conductor should have forgiven him because no
one is perfect,” one of the passers by, Deborah Suleiman said.