A female
soldier in the Nigerian army yesterday beat a conductor to coma over
change at Iyana Isashi, along Lagos- Badagry expressway in Lagos State.
LeadershipNg reports that the soldier, who was in mufti, had boarded the
mini- bus at Mile 2 and was going to Agbara area of Ogun State before
the incident occurred. An argument which degenerated into a fight began
when the soldier who allegedly gave the conductor N500 demanded for her
change and the conductor said he had given her the money. Although some
passengers in the vehicle supported the woman, asserting that the
conductor did not give her any change, all efforts made by the
passengers to make the conductor do so proved abortive. One of the
passengers, Ikechukwu Obi told LEADERSHIP Weekend that the woman even
identified herself as a soldier but the stubborn conductor did not want
to listen. Obi said when the woman became angry and ordered the driver
to park, they knew that trouble was brewing. He said the woman grabbed
the conductor by his collar and the conductor threatened to beat her. He
said his utterances angered the soldier who dragged him down from the
vehicle and gave him the beating of his life.
