The video has since gone viral, prompting outrage and concern over rider safety. Many users have called for increased security checks and stricter regulation of e-hailing services in Nigeria.
One of our correspondents who was around the scene of the incident at the time, observed that the attack started at about 12pm and lasted for about 30 minutes.
As she made to step out of the apartment and at the same time struggling to release his grip from her head, the owner of the building and his family members were alerted.
'She brought back, 50p a pop divisional and regimental histories, and I just devoured them and wondered at the time, was Suffolk anything like the Somme? 'And then then I got to go there and spend time there.'
A commercial motorcycle rider, Yusuf Hassan, who was arrested in Ogun State for setting ablaze the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, has accused her of aborting a pregnancy.
She told the police that they were only dating but confessed that Oyelere came from time to time to collect her ATM card whenever anybody paid some money into the account.
"Only a madman will come here and lodge in any hotel at a time like this. People are running away and you want to come and sleep here?" an okada rider, who transported one of our correspondents around the adjoining communities said.