Pupils fall out of moving bus in Lagos

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Two pupils of New Vine International School, Mushin, Lagos, have been reportedly thrown out of a moving bus driven by the Proprietor, Mr. Ekezie Augustine, at Costain Roundabout, Surulere on their way from the National Theatre, Iganmu.

The proprietor was handed over to the Divisional Traffic Office, Iponri, by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command, for prosecution.

According to the principal of the school, the affected pupils, Seunfunmi Oseni, 4, and Amira Otegbola, 6, were among the twenty pupils that embarked on the journey to the National Theatre the said day.

The children, were rushed to Brickfield Medical Centre, at Ademuyiwa Road, Ebute Metta, and we're subsequently referred to Foremost Radiology, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, for brain scan before further treatment.

According to an official of Brickfield, “the boy, Seunfunmi, sustained a lot of bruises on his head and leg. He has not walked since he was brought here. We feared he has injured his legs too. He is always folding it and he preferred to be carried.”

Further investigations also revealed that the school was not registered with the authorities in Lagos and it had just relocated to its new address in Mushin.

However, the Principal said certification of the school was being processed. He added that “the children were over-excited and uncontrollale before the incident happened.”
About three teachers were reported with the children on the bus on the said day when the incident occurred.
The questions that begs for answers are: what actually happened?  Did the pupils sit so close to the door? And what we're the teachers doing when it happened?

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