18-month-old pupil killed by school bus in Lagos (photo) ~ Zeniths Blog

18-month-old pupil killed by school bus in Lagos (photo)

Memunat Lamidi, an 18-month-old female pupil of Bessie International School, a private school on Wahab Larinde street, Mafoluku in Oshodi area of Lagos, has been killed by the school bus.

The Punch reports that Lamidi was reportedly hit inside the school premises by a Toyota Litace, with number plate, JJJ393BU, owned by the school. According to reports, the toddler was with one of the gatekeepers around 1pm on Thursday, January 5, when the bus was driven into the premises. The gatekeeper was said to have seated her on a bench while he made to open the gate for the driver.

So sad! School bus kills 18-month-old pupil on premises

An aerial view of Bessie International School

He had opened one side of the gate and wanted to open the other side for smooth entrance of the vehicle, when Lamidi got down from the bench and walked into path of the vehicle. She was knocked down by the bus as the driver drove into the school compound.

A woman, who sells drinks opposite the school said that the mother of the deceased toddler Lamidi’s mother had been relocated from the area because of the sad accident.

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“Everybody was devastated by the incident. Normally, when a vehicle wants to enter or leave the school premises, the guards open the gate. One opens a side of the gate, while the other opens the other side. But that day, one of the gatekeepers, called Malami, was not around when the school bus blew the horn from outside. The girl was playing with the available gatekeeper. He put her on the bench

and went to open the gate. As he was opening the other side of the gate, the girl left her seat. She walked into the path of the bus, which hit her. One of the schoolteachers told me that the mother had been taken to one of her relatives,” the woman, who did not want her name in print, said.

A resident, Leke Adebisi, blamed the accident on lack of concentration on the part of the driver, adding the Lamidi died shortly after she was admitted in a hospital in the area. He said:

“I don’t think the deceased’s family is interested in taking the case up with the school legally.”

When newsmen tried getting comments from the school management, the gatekeepers did not allow. One of them who attended to the newsmen said:

“The head teacher is in a management meeting and I don’t know when the meeting will end.”

He subsequently shut the gate. When the newsmen insisted he would wait for the head teacher, the gate man said: “I have attended to you. I said you are not welcome.”

However, the public relations officer, Lagos state police command, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the accident, saying investigation had commenced.

This is so sad!

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