A Commandant of Nigeria Peace Corps, Mr. Ola Merotiwon, was battered by a commuter bus (danfo) driver while attempting to enforce the traffic law in Lagos State, western Nigeria.
The bus driver, John Peter, was later arrested, while Merotiwon was taken to a hospital for treatment..
The incident happened at about 10a.m. on Wednesday at Akowonjo round about in Shasha area of Lagos.
Merotiwon was not only beaten up, Peter allegedly used a spanner to break his right hand and inflicted inujries on his face.
The angry bus driver said he did so because the victim wanted to disrupt his daily returns to the owner of the bus.
