A woman, Kubura Oluyemo, has narrated how she gave birth while onboard a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit, which she boarded from Ikorodu to Fadeyi.
She disclosed this during a visit made to her by the officials of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority.
LAMATA officials led by the Head of BRT Operations, Adepoju Fowokan, visited the woman who gave birth to a baby girl, according to a post on the agency’s X handle on Thursday.
LAMATA disclosed that Oluyemo gave birth to a baby girl named Dayan on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, on a BRT from Ikorodu en route to TBS.
She disclosed that she was assisted by a nurse who was also riding on the same bus.
Fowokan, who visited the Oluyemos along with the Terminal Controller for Agege station, Sarumi Sheriff, presented the baby gifts on behalf of the Managing Director, LAMATA, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo.
While narrating the event in a video posted by LAMATA, the mother of the baby said, “I boarded BRT at Ikorodu Roundabout heading to Fadeyi. I started feeling somehow inside the bus, so I had to call my sister. I was at Mile 12 then. When it got to a point, I couldn’t hold it again; I just had to stand up in the BRT and say I wanted to give birth. So a woman said I should lie, so the baby came out. Not long after, a woman asked about the placenta and it also came out and was handed over to me. From there, I alighted from the BRT.”
LAMATA further disclosed that its delegation presented to the Oluyemo family a preloaded Cowry card and a cash gift.
“Mr. and Mrs. Oluyemo expressed gratitude to LAMATA and the Lagos State Government for their show of love,” the post added.
Lagos BRT is a bus rapid transit system in Lagos that is regulated by LAMATA.