Two persons died on Tuesday when a commercial passenger bus hit a motorcycle carrying three persons at Ketu in Lagos.

This was amid protests by angry Nigerians demanding the restoration of fuel subsidy.

Eyewitnesses said the bus driver was trying to beat protesters who ordered him to stop at a barricade on Ikorodu Road. At the same time, a commercial motorcycle operator, who was carrying two other persons, ran into the path of the bus.

The bike rider was subsequently knocked into one of the bonfires lit by protesters while his passengers jumped to safety.

The door of the bus was said to have fallen off and landed on the bike rider, who died immediately.

The stray bus also hit a bystander, killing him instantly.