“Na Coffin You Dey Drive?”: Broken-Down Lagos Bus Goes Viral

LAGOS, Nigeria — A video circulating on social media has ignited outrage in Lagos after showing a commercial bus with a shattered body, essentially a rolling wreck, conveying passengers through the streets of the city.

The footage, shared on X (formerly Twitter) on September 10, 2026, shows the bus with its side panel missing, exposing the interior where passengers were seated.

The caption that accompanied the video was as blunt as it was alarming: “No value for human life.”

The reaction was immediate. Thousands of Nigerians took to the platform to condemn the state of the vehicle, with many calling on the Lagos State Government and the Traffic Management Authority to act.

“You dey carry people inside coffin?” one user wrote.

The comment, raw and unfiltered, captured the sentiment of a city that has grown weary of transport safety failures.

The Broader Crisis

The viral video is not an isolated incident. It is a symptom of a deeper crisis in Lagos’s transport sector.

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Commercial buses, many of them ageing and poorly maintained, continue to operate on the city’s roads with little or no regulatory oversight.

The Lagos State Government has, in the past, announced crackdowns on unroadworthy vehicles, but enforcement has been inconsistent.

For thousands of Lagosians who depend on commercial transport daily, the video was a stark reminder of the risks they take simply to move from one point to another