Driver driving UNILORIN students to campus slumps, dies

A driver driving the students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) to campus in the Kwara State capital has slumped and died.

It was gathered that the commercial bus driver, identified simply as Lukman, slumped on the wheel while driving some students to the university campus on Friday, March 15, 2024.

A passenger of the bus, in a viral WhatsApp message, disclosed that he took control of the bus in motion after the driver slumped to save other students and avert tragedy.

The passenger said Lukman was rushed to the UNILORIN clinic where he was confirmed dead.

He said: “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.

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“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.”

Lukman’s colleague, Sulyman Malik, said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites.

Malik said: “He greeted me on Thursday about my own recent accident. This (Lukman’s death) just shows that this life is vanity.

“He was a very handsome man and you would not think of his death even in the next 30 years.”

UNILORIN spokesperson, Kunle Akogun, who confirmed the incident, described the driver’s demise as unfortunate.

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