The driver attached to the Lagos BRT bus who collided with a train earlier this year has been arraigned for manslaughter.
The driver, who had been in custody since the tragedy, was arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala, and is facing 16 counts bordering on involuntary manslaughter and previous harm, preferred against him by the state government.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Babajide Martins, told the court that the BRT driver negligently killed the victims by ignoring warning signals and ran into an on-coming train.
He said the defendant also negligently inflicted grievous harm on 10 other passengers on the bus.
It will be recalled that six persons were killed in the incident which occurred at the Ladipo crossing along the Oshodi-Agege Expressway in March.
