BENIN CITY – No fewer than two persons have died and scores of residents injured when members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed in Lagos State.
Of the two killed during the ongoing clash was a chairman of a unit in Ijesha, Surulere axis identified as Lukmon Mobil, who was killed.
It was authoritatively gathered that the clash that had continued unabated started on Sunday night between factional members of the transport union, leaving residents to panic and scamper for safety.
As residents continued to panic, a member of NURTW told our correspondent that the clash that had unsettled Ijesha axis for several hours was said to be centered on who control NURTW in Ijesha.
The clash, according to a member of the NURTW, was orchestrated by one of the unit chairman, identified as Olorunlugo who aimed to overthrow the incumbent Ijesha branch chairman, Waheed Eshinlokun.
He added that the chairman of NURTW caretaker committee for Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly called MC Oluomo, is supporting Olorunlugo to overthrow Eshinlokun.
And for Olorunlugo to achieve his aim, it was gathered that he hired some hoodlums in the axis to fight on his side against the Eshinlokun faction.
It was learned that some members of Road Transport Employment Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), who had allies in NURTW especially the Eshinlokun faction also engage in the clash.
It was gathered that the RTEAN also joined the fight after they were hinted that the overthrow of the incumbent administration would mark end of their activities in Ijesha.
