A trending social media video has sparked laughter as it captures a Nigerian bus driver navigating the streets without a vehicle horn.
The amusing moment was posted to TikTok by a Nigerian woman, who was present on the bus when the event unfolded.
Lagos island drivers doesn’t cease to amaze me 😩😂…Cos wtf will you be using rubber trumpet as HORN 😂 https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tiktok?refer=embed https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nigeriantiktok?refer=embed https://www.tiktok.com/tag/creatorsearchinsights?refer=embed https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tiktokupdate?refer=embed https://www.tiktok.com/tag/povchallenge?refer=embed
https://www.tiktok.com/music/sweet-like-cinnamon-7241651242225290011?refer=embedTo make up for this, the inventive driver resorted to using a rubber trumpet to alert other road users as he drove.
The video’s caption reads:
“I entered a bus that doesn’t have horn. Na rubber trumpet this man dey use. Imagine it’s third mainland bridge. Lagos island drivers doesn’t seem to amaze me …because why will you be using a rubber trumpet as HORN.”
Source: TikTok
Social Media Users React to Trumpet-Wielding Driver
@zee_kezy commented:
“See ehn! I once entered one that used a torchlight at night cos his headlamp was not working! Man just kept waving the torch from his window! Longest 10mins drive of my life!”
@Ned shared:
“I don enter the one wey the brake no Dey work, no head light and light from other passing cars hin Dey take see, you think say Lagos na normal place.”
@Halimah said:
“Aswear I even help one werey man use my leg hold break wen e won go call pasenger Ibadan driver to no Dey well oo.”
@wonu_mua reacted:
“Anhhhhh, I never see this kind thing for my life.”
@Zheez added:
“VIO AND FRSC no go see them arrest oo.. na private vehicles dem Dey arrest pass.”
@Elle~daddy shared:
“Imagine going from Ibadan to ilorin in a bus with no horn….. to think I didn’t find out until we got to that oyo ogbomoso road.”
@OYIN commented:
“Shebi he still get something to blow. Some go just Dey hit side of d bus nd Dey shout Werey kuronibe.”
Passenger Relays Roadside Surprise from Driver
In a similar occurrence, a Nigerian woman recounted her astonishment when a bus driver pulled over unexpectedly on an Abuja road.
In her video, the driver got out and began harvesting crops from a nearby farmland—which turned out to be his own. Passengers had to wait roughly 20 minutes for him to finish.
Woman Details Another Unexpected Road Incident
In yet another viral clip, a Nigerian lady narrated a strange encounter with her vehicle’s driver.
The driver stopped the bus mid-journey just to step outside and record a TikTok video, leaving all the passengers waiting while he posed for the phone camera.