Bolt Driver Narrates How Passenger ‘Assaulted, Nearly Killed Him’ For Demanding Transport Fare In Oyo

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July 16, 2023
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Tizza who narrated his encounter with the rider in a series of tweets on Saturday night said he was physically assaulted by the rider in his house after he told him to pay an additional fare of his friend which was not added up by the Bolt app.

A Bolt driver, based in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, simply identified as Tizza has narrated how a passenger beat him and attempted to kill him for demanding transport fare in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Tizza who narrated his encounter with the rider in a series of tweets on Saturday night said he was physically assaulted by the rider in his house after he told him to pay an additional fare of his friend which was not added up by the Bolt app.

Tizza said the rider ordered a ride from a spot opposite the University of Ibadan’s second gate to his place of residence at Oluyole Sharp Corner close to Kuola Area. The Bolt showed N3,700 as the fare of the trip.

Tizza said the rider told him he would take his friend along the way and dropped him at University College Hospital, Ibadan.

He said: “Hello everyone, I’m a business man that work within Lagos and Ibadan, one of what I’m into is Uber/ Bolt driver…. An incident happened to me yesterday, I picked up a Bolt rider opposite university of Ibadan second gate, he was going to oluyole sharp coner close to kuola area.

“This guy strangled me, punch my face and almost killed me yesterday, I’ve to pretend as if I’ve fainted.

“I’ve video evidence of how I look before picking him up on my snap and video after he tried to kill me at his house.”

Another Twitter user, identified as Eliezer accused Tizza of lying. He said the rider who Tizza accused of beating him is his friend and his name is Mike. Eliezer added that Tizza was the one who constituted a nuisance between him and his friend.

He said, “You are big liar. So this is how you turned this whole story to your own gain, lol smh. I advised Mike to end that trip right from when you started being a nuisance but because of his calm nature he said it was going to be unfair to you… well good life with your lies. SHAME.”

Reacting, Tizza claimed that the whole issue started between him and the rider when he insisted that they would have to pay an additional fare for Eliezer’s trip to UCH because it was not calculated by the app.

Tizza continued: “Bro I seriously love it, that you’re here to testify and side your friend, thank God i didn’t carry your friend on an offline trip, I carry both of you the app. From the beginning of the trip it was only your friend that was going to sharp coner oluyole before you entered.

“Then the guy started the argument and I kept quiet but I made my point clear that I’ve been doing bolt driver in Ibadan for 3yrs now, that if the app doesn’t read they will add the price for the trip to drop his friend at Uch to the 3,700 on the app, so after I dropped is friend.

“I picked the guy up and he told me to wait that his friend is joining the ride, his friend came and entered my car and the friend told me that I was going to drop me at Uch hospital, then I told the guy that it’s a different route for where he ordered on the app.

“I went to drop him at his house, when I got to his house, I ended the trip and the price was 3,800, so 100naira was added for the paid waiting time before he entered my car of about 9mins paid waiting, and I showed the guy that the trip didn’t read for the movement of is friend.

“I asked for the amount of the trip and he told me 3,700 before I started the ride, then I told me that he’s going to add to the fare for me going to drop is friend at Uch , then we all start arguing that the app is going to read for all the trip and i immediately said app no read.

“He told me to call my account number which is opay and he dropped from my car without showing me the receipt for the money he sent , when I was about entering the house, I ask if he had sent the money , he say yeah. Then I checked my opay and found the 3,800 balance.”

Tizza claimed that made him enter the rider’s house to demand the balance for the service he rendered to him and his friend. He said the rider viewed his action as inappropriate and started beating him.

“Then I dropped from my car and opened the gate to the house to call his notice to the money he sent, that it was not our agreement not to add to the fare, then next action was the guy started harassing me and tell my I’m very stupid for coming inside his gate to meet him.

“Before I could realize myself, he already throw me on the ground and started punching my face with my mouth and head, and didn’t stop strangling my neck, I was even shouting at the top of my voice that what will he gain if he kills me, then I just had to pretend like I fainted.

“After 5mins of pretending to have fainted he left me and told me that sabi I still get strength now, make I come fight again now, I just ran out of the gate and when to pick up my phone in my car and made a video clip of how my face look.”

“I’ve gone to kuola police station to report him and the police got my statement down and ordered some officers to go along with me to his house, the gate was locked the first time we check, we went back today again and the agent we met told us he dropped the key to the house,” he added.

Commenting on the issue, the Oyo State Police Command confirmed that legal proceedings had commenced on it and advised Tizza to allow the law to take its course on the issue. 

The police wrote: “Updates: @Tizza_7  has been contacted. The matter was reported at KUOLA DIVISIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS and he also hinted he has commenced immediate legal proceedings against the other party. The matter would be escalated. @Tizza_7  please take the day off, biko.