EKO HOT BLOG reports that there was pandemonium as residents and passersby in the Agbado area of the Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos State have to run for their lives as two factional members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed on Friday morning.
The union members clash is coming in less than three weeks after the Lagos State Government suspended their activities at Idumota.
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This online media platform gathered that the warring factions, who were said to be fighting over ticket collection fired gunshots at each other during the conflict.
The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the development, said policemen have been deployed to the area.
He 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.
Ajisebutu said the place is now calm as the police are still maintaining their presence in the area.
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