Deaf&Dumb Bus Driver Arrested In Lagos

Sunday Ogunola
Sunday Ogunola

A deaf and dumb commuter bus driver has been arrested at Apongbon area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for driving on BRT lane.

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit arrested the 33-year old driver, Sunday Ogunola on Monday with passengers in his bus who were unaware that he was deaf and dumb.

The driver is also married to a deaf and dumb woman and has two kids and is also pregnant.

At the time of his arrest, Ogunola was driving a Volkswagen faragon bus painted in the state’s colour, with registration XW 724 EKY.

The culprit has been driving since 1999 and has no valid driver’s licence.

Taskforce Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman said he was shocked that the driver could not hear or speak when asked questions, saying that he constituted serious danger to life and safety of passengers.

He lamented that despite his predicament, he drove on the BRT lane, which was why he was arrested initially, adding that he has been driving for a long time.”

“When we asked him questions, he could reply us. He cannot even hear or speak but he can write. We don’t expect him to be driving other people. He cannot even come up with a valid driver’s licence.

“He is liable for his action. He was arrested with passengers in his bus on BRT lane. We are going to look for the owner of the vehicle and charge him to court. We are holding him back here so that we can get the owner of the bus,” Sulaiman said.

6 COMMENTS

  1. This is a chanllenge to the Govt to provide work opportunities for the physically challenge people in our society. This case as open our eyes that we’ve not done a enough for them.
    What is the plan of Govt for these set of people and do we have a database of the pyhsically challenge. The Govt needs to set up training, seminar, scholarships etc to empower them for the future and drop this case of BRT lane.