He died at school after getting into a fight with the driver, whose name was Jacob.
Frederick’s wife and daughter went with him to talk to the school’s management about what happened to their daughter with Jacob and to ask that something be done right away.
After he died in the fight, Jacob ran away, so the police went on a chase for him.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a spokesman for the police in Lagos State, confirmed the incident and said the police were looking for the driver and wouldn’t stop until they caught him.
Frederick’s widow has said that her daughter told her that Jacob was molesting her when he took her to his house in Ajuwon, Ogun.
She said that she told the same story to her late husband and that he then called the school and was asked to come to settle the matter.
“On Wednesday, Feb. 1, my daughter told me that her school bus driver had been taking her to his house in 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, Feb. 6, and he immediately called the school to complain 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, Feb. 7, and we met the school owner, the driver and some 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 against him, but he denied it. Then my daughter was asked about the same thing she had 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 also said that Jacob ran away after the incident, so she went to the Iju Police Station and told them what had happened.
The school’s director didn’t want to talk about it because he was helping the police find Jacob, the school bus driver who ran away.
