Frederick, a 47-year-old Nigerian man, was killed after confronting a school bus driver in Lagos who allegedly defiled his seven-year-old daughter.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he died on the school grounds after a fight with the driver, identified as Jacob.
Frederick, along with his wife and daughter, had gone to the school administration to explain how Jacob had allegedly sexually assaulted the seven-year-old and to seek immediate action.
However, it resulted in a fight that took Frederick’s life. Jacob fled the scene after his death, resulting in a police manhunt.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the Lagos State police command, confirmed the incident to NAN and stated that the police were on the trail of the driver and would not relent until he was apprehended.
Frederick’s widow told NAN that her daughter told her about Jacob taking her to his house in Ajuwon, Ogun, to sexually molest her.
She stated that she told her husband about the girl’s story, and that he called the school and was told to come so that the matter could be resolved.
“On Wednesday, February 1, my daughter told me that her school bus driver had been taking her to his house at Ajuwon, on the pretext that he needed to drop something at home and that she should follow him.
“When they entered the house, the driver would ask my daughter to sit on his lap; to raise her school uniform and to kiss him on his mouth.
“I told my husband what our daughter said on Monday, February 6 and he immediately called the school to lodge a complaint and said he was also reporting the allegation to the police.
“He was told to come to the school first so we went there on Tuesday, February 7 and we met the school owner, the driver and some of the teachers.
“The school owner after listening to us; confronted the driver, saying that he had returned late with the school bus the previous week and when asked, he said he had gone to drop something at home.
“He was later asked about the allegations levelled against him, but he denied. My daughter was then asked and she narrated the same experience she told us at home.
“The driver couldn’t say anything other than to query: `me?’ ‘me?’ ‘me?’
“My husband who was visibly angry went to the driver and shouted at him to question why he had molested his daughter.
“My husband angrily slapped the driver and they started fighting during which he pushed my husband on his chest. He fell and efforts to revive him were abortive.
“We rushed him to a hospital, where he was confirmed dead,’’ the widow said.
She added that Jacob absconded after the incident and she subsequently reported the matter at Iju Police Station.
The director of the school declined to speak on the matter, saying that he was assisting the police to find Jacob.