Jimoh Buhari, spokesman for the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has said no NURTW official was involved in the clash between a transport union and Okada riders in the Iyana-Iba and Ojo areas of the state on Monday. Buhari, who spoke in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday, said another transport union in the state, the Road Transport Employers’ Association Of Nigeria, was involved in the clash. RTEAN and its Okada arm were the ones involved in the clash,” he told The PUNCH. However, spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said normalcy had been restored to the affected areas. Adejobi also said leaders of the affected Okada riders unit have been invited for an “urgent meeting”.

Source: Punch April 26, 2021 15:00 UTC