Commercial bus driver docked for attempted murder and rape!!

A commercial bus driver was Wednesday,
arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate court for
attempted murder and rape. The driver
identified as Taiwo Balogun who pleaded guilty
to the charges brought against him reportedly
attempted to strangle a lone female passenger,
following the latter's resistance to be raped.
The victim, a trader at Iyana-Ipaja area of
Lagos, Precious Adeboye, was just discharged
from the hospital following injuries she
sustained from the driver,on June 5, 2013.
Precious, told the court that she boarded a
commercial bus that fateful day at Iyana-Orile
bus-stop , heading to Iyana-Ipaja.
" It was raining that evening and I was in a
hurry to return home  when a bus stopped in
front of me. Though I noticed there was no
passenger in the bus, I assumed it would be
filled by the time we got to the next bus-stop.
But on reaching a petrol station around old
Ipaja road, just before the Lagos State exams
board office, the driver told me that due to
the heavy traffic at the Iyana Ipaja under
bridge, he would go through a short cut
around Orile Agege LCDA office at Arigbanla to
connect Iyana Ipaja through Aboru junction.. I
was however petrified when we spent several
minutes navigating through inner streets
without emerging anywhere.
I complained that I was afraid as I no longer
understood where we were and where the
driver was heading to. At a point I asked him
to stop so that I could alight and find my way
back to Iyana Ipaja bus stop. But he reassured
me that we would soon get to the expressway
where I would alight.
On getting to a dark area, the driver stopped
and told me he wanted to collect something.
He got out and went behind the vehicle.
Before I realized what was happening, he
entered the vehicle from behind and grabbed
me on the throat , trying  to choke me. I
struggled to free myself but he tightened his
grips and started hitting my face with a wheel
spanner and in the process, inflicted grave
injuries on me.
He also, grabbed one of my breasts and
attempted to cut it off with a knife , wanting
to strip off my clothes. When he saw I was not
giving in, he went back to the steering and
drove on. On reaching Pleasure area, the bus
suddenly stopped and refused to start despite
his efforts. By that time, I had gained some
strength and ceased the opportunity to open
the door and  shouted, thereby attracting
passers-by. But he abandoned the vehicle and
fled"
Policemen at Iyana-Ipaja who were contacted
reportedly traced the driver and charged him
to court. But Taiwo was granted bail to the
tune of two hundred and fifty thousand naira
with sureties in like form. He was however,
retained in prison pending when he would
meet the bail condition  and the case
adjourned to a later date.