Driver Dies On Steering Wheel While Conveying UNILORIN Students To Campus

A commercial bus driver simply identified as Lukman died when he suddenly slumped on the wheel while conveying some students of the University of Ilọrin to the school campus.

The incident, an eyewitness said, happened on Friday.

The eyewitness who is one of the passengers narrated in a viral WhatsApp message that when the incident happened, he had quickly taken control of the bus in motion and was able to avert the tragedy.

“Our bus driver just died on the road while driving us from the Sanrab Petrol Station area, Tanke, Ilorin to the university campus. I was sitting in the front but wasn’t looking up because I was reading the Qur’an on my phone.

“The other person beside me just called my attention shouting ‘Baba! multiple times. By the time I looked up, he was already gasping, and the bus was drifting away from the road. I had to press the brake, take control, and bring it to a halt. He was pronounced dead at the school clinic. Everything happened within 30 minutes,” he said.

The Director of Information at the University of Ilorin, Mr Kunle Akogun, confirmed the incident while describing it as unfortunate.

“The incident is very unfortunate, and it reminds us of the vanity of life,” he said.