There was pandemonium in the Agbado area of the Alimosho
Local Government Area in Lagos State on Friday morning when two factions of the
National Union of Road Transport Workers clashed in the area.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that road users and passersby
scampered for safety when the two warring factions violently engaged each
other.
Gunshots were also heard during the conflict over ticket
collection at the parks.
The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle
Ajisebutu, confirmed the development.
He, however, said policemen have been deployed in the
affected areas.
Ajisebutu said, “It was a brewing conflict over ticketing
that would have led to a violent confrontation/crisis between two factions of
NURTW in Kola Bus Stop area and its environs.
“Police patrol teams from Alakuko, Agbado, Ijaiye- Ojokoro
and reinforcements from the headquarters have been deployed to the area on the
order of the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi.
“The place is calm.
No threat to lives and property currently as the police are still maintaining
their presence in the area.”
NURTW members in Lagos led by Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC
Oluomo, have been involved in deadly clashes of late.
The Lagos Government last month
suspended NURTW operations in the Idumota area of Lagos Island following the
violent clash recorded in the area.
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