Leadership tussle: Two feared dead, scores injured in transport union gun battle in Lagos

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RRS member at Akesan, Lagos

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

At least two persons were reportedly killed and scores injured in a gun duel in the early hours Wednesday, among members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, in Akesan, Igando area of Lagos State overpowers tussle.

Consequently, normal business activities were disrupted in the early hours as students, workers and motorists were stranded in the melee that ensued.

An eyewitness, Mr Akeem Saheed, said the trouble started at about 8 a.m following misunderstanding bordering on power tussle, which led to a violent clash.

He added that during the duel, there were sporadic gunshots with dangerous weapons such as axes, cutlasses, daggers, knives, among others freely used.

Saheed narrated: “I saw two bodies lying in their pool of blood while others were seen with bloodstain clothes all over them.

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“The activities of this transport union members in Akesan has become a recurring decimal…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper