N500 levy: Driver beaten into coma, vehicle vandalised
A commercial driver in Lagos, identified as Samson Adewunmi, has reportedly fallen into a coma, on Tuesday, after he was allegedly beaten by suspected garage touts for refusing to pay a N500 levy. It was gathered that Adewunmi's Mazda bus was also vandalised by the touts at the Volks bus stop, along Lagos-Badagry expressway. Samson was said to be on his way to Mile 2, at about 7am, when some garage touts stopped him to demand the N500 levy. Upon refusal to comply with the payment, he was reportedly attacked with sticks and machetes and the windscreen of his Mazda bus was smashed by the garage touts. The attack left Samson with deep cuts and he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is currently in a coma. Abiodun Akintade, National Leader, Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, JDWAN, who disclosed this, yesterday, said: "On Tuesday, one of our members, a Mazda bus driver, named Samson Adewunmi, was attacked at Volks bus stop by Lagos State caretaker committee former...