A commercial bus driver has fled after allegedly stabbing a dispatch rider to death in the Surulere area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred on July 27, around 10am after the bus and motorcyclist were involved in an accident.
Trouble was said to have started after the unidentified driver knocked down and injured the dispatch rider.
According to The Nation, an altercation was said to have ensued between them and the rider used his crash helmet to hit the driver on the head.
Angered by his bleeding head, the driver, ran to his vehicle and brought out two jack knives which he allegedly used to stab the rider on the back and neck.
He was said to have fled the scene as soon as he stabbed the rider while onlookers contacted the police who rushed the victim to the hospital but he was pronounced dead.
The state police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident said efforts were on to arrest the fleeing driver, adding that the company that owned the dispatch motorcycle has been identified.