As earlier released by the Great Ife Students’ Union CEC members-elect, there was a search for the bus driver who reportedly assaulted a student. The incident which happened on March 3rd, 2022, was reported at the Students’ Union building(SUB). Since then, the Great Ife Students’ Union members-elect made relentless efforts to apprehend the bus driver. Now, the bus driver who assaulted the student has been found and punished.
Read the full details about the update below as reported by the Union through the PRO.
UPDATES ON THE DRIVER WHO ASSAULTED A STUDENT
Sequel to the release made that the Town-Igboro driver who assaulted a member of our Union would be dealt with, the Students’ Union hereby uses this medium to inform students, the University community and the general public that the said driver has been punished for his criminal actions. This happened today Saturday, 5 March 2022, after the drivers’ association, as mandated by the Students’ Union, captured the driver and surrendered him to the Security Department of the University where he took penalties for his crimes.
The driver with his bus, with plate number DTN 869 XA (OSUN), has been banned from working on campus for the next two weeks – Sunday, 6 March 2022 to Saturday, 19 March 2022. The driver has paid a sum of ten thousand naira for the medical bills of the assaulted student. The driver has also written a letter of apology to the student; this includes an avowal that he will never perpetuate such socially unacceptable behavior again.
The Students’ Union thanks the Security Department of the University and the leadership of the drivers’ association for their cooperation with the Students’ Union in ensuring that the assailant driver was brought to book. By working with the Union to ensure that the assailant did not go unpunished, the Security Department and the drivers’ association has absolved the Union of worries over the safety of Union members at the hands of transporters. The Union sees the penalties as deterrents for all other transporters, motorcyclists and drivers alike, who may endanger members of the Union.
In conclusion, Union members are encouraged to always draw the attention of the Union to any issue which may undermine their welfare and safety. For the umpteenth time, members of the Union are assured that their welfare and safety are paramount interests of the Union and the Union shall always do its best at ensuring them.
Viva Aluta!
