A driver who allegedly confessed to having sexually assaulted a drunken passenger has been pulled off the road by e-hailing taxi app, Taxify.
Taxify made their intervention known after a Twitter user, Oreoluwa Fakorede, shared the confession of a Taxify driver.
“A Taxify driver just confidently told me that he picked up an inebriated passenger and molested her sexually while she was under the influence,” he wrote, adding that there was no proof of the incident happening.
A Taxify driver just confidently told me that he picked up an inebriated passenger and molested her sexually while she was under the influence.
Apparently, the woman, riding in the front seat, was wearing a short skirt and her privates were exposed.
“I fingered her,” he said.
— Oreoluwa Fakorede (@OreFakorede) August 9, 2018
Taxify responded by asking for more details about the incident.
Hello Oreoluwa, we thank you for bringing this to us. We are terribly concerned to learn about this; kindly DM us more details so we can address this right away
— Taxify Nigeria (@Taxify_ng) August 9, 2018
Fakorede later revealed that he gave Taxify all the information he has about the case.
“They’ve acted very sensibly by first pulling the driver off the road, then going ahead with a proper investigation. No one is playing with this, as it should be,” he added.
I just spoke to someone at Taxify over the phone about the sex abuse case and they’ve taken it up.
The driver in question has been pulled off the road and they’re going forward with a proper investigation.
It’s a start, at the very least. Thank you. https://t.co/M8m27lNPXE
— Oreoluwa Fakorede (@OreFakorede) August 9, 2018
Update: @Taxify_ng has reached out to me and I have given them all the information I have about the case.
They’ve acted very sensibly by first pulling the driver off the road, then going ahead with a proper investigation.
No one is playing with this, as it should be.
— Oreoluwa Fakorede (@OreFakorede) August 9, 2018
Nollywood actress, Dorcas Fapson, accused a Taxify driver of attempting to abduct her on Lagos Island in January.
She claimed she pepper-sprayed him to avoid being sexually molested.
The driver, however, denied the allegation, saying instead that the actress acted violently towards him.
