Emotional Moment As Danfo Driver Makes Shocking Gesture To Stranded Man On Third Mainland Bridge

A Nigerian man has shared a touching story about a danfo driver who came to his rescue after his car ran out of fuel on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

According to Bush Radio Academy, the man said the incident occurred at about 11pm when his vehicle broke down and his phone battery was almost dead. He also did not have a power bank with him at the time.

He explained that several vehicles passed him without stopping before an old danfo bus eventually slowed down. Although he initially felt apprehensive about the driver because of his appearance, the driver asked whether he needed fuel.

The driver reportedly returned with a small container containing about two litres of fuel and poured it into the stranded man’s vehicle without requesting any payment.

After the car started, the man said he offered the driver the ₦15,000 he had in his wallet as a gesture of appreciation. However, the driver reportedly declined the money and told him to keep it.

The encounter became even more emotional when the driver explained why he had chosen to help a stranger without expecting anything in return.

He recalled that in 1998, he had experienced a similar situation on the same Third Mainland Bridge. According to his account, he had broken down there at night while his pregnant wife was in the vehicle with him. At the time, he had no phone, money or fuel.

He said a stranger wearing a suit stopped to assist him, purchased fuel for his vehicle and refused to accept payment. Before leaving, the stranger reportedly gave him a simple instruction: “Pass am forward.”

The danfo driver said he had remembered those words for 28 years and finally had the opportunity to extend the same kindness to another person in need.

The narrator said he watched as the driver’s old bus disappeared into the night, reflecting on how an act of kindness shown to the driver decades earlier had eventually reached him.

He described the experience as a powerful reminder that kindness can create a chain of goodwill that continues from one person to another, even many years after the original act.