InDrive is trending because a Driver got suspended after a lady accused him of faking a car repair to allow robbers rob them at Onipanu — The driver has now debunked it to be a lie.
Apparently, on Sunday evening Itohan ordered a ride from Surulere to Mafoluku Oshodi, with her friend, charged at ₦4,800.
But along the trip, the driver lied that his car had broken down, sat in the car, refused to
drive as thugs robbed Itohan and her friend.
Itohan claims the robbers gave them option of getting robbed or settling them with a transfer. All these happened between 8pm to 8:59pm.
Seeing this report, InDrive immediately suspended the 4.85 rated driver, James Oluwatosin.
Now.. According to The Driver.
When they got to Onipanu, the car tripped off, all the light on the dashboard tripped off, but luckily the road was free, so he used that kinetic motion to find a well lit open corner to park and check the car. — electrical issues.
He told them to stay inside the car and lock the door. The girls refused, particularly Itohan. Although the handles were broken, so he opened it for them externally and they came out.
As his mechanic was talking him through the DIY fixing, a pastor came to preach to the girls, he tried to block it. After that, street thugs came and aggressively asked him for settlement.
He conversed locally with them, they mellowed and demanded for ₦20k. Meanwhile all he had was ₦1k to give them.
Suddenly, Itohan intervened said the 20k is too much, then she started negotiating with the boys, from 20k to 15k to 4k to 10k to 8k.. Itohan finally paid them 8k.
Even though the driver kept saying it was too much and unnecessary, and Itohan was worried so they don’t molest them.
After fixing the issue with the help of the same area boys, Itohan’s friend dropped at Oshodi bridge while Itohan dropped at Mafoluku.
And paid the driver ₦4,000. Instead of ₦4,800, he wasn’t expecting any payments because of the ₦8k she spent already. So he took the ₦4k and everyone left.
Only to now find out his account had been suspended over a report. And to find out the report is from Itohan, he got confused and had to share his own side of the story. Says the car is still how it is, and the ₦4k Itohan sent is still in his account.
That he doesn’t understand or know why she’s saying he set them up for robbery. Itohan still called him a liar for attempting to blame them because of their dressing.
Now, twitter, is already hostile and repellent to accusations, because a lot of the accusations here are mostly false, and to make it interesting, Itohan is a feminist. So it made her allegations watery.
Apparently, area boys harrassing vulnerable car owners is a normal thing in Lagos.
