Following the deadly clash recorded at the Idumota area of Lagos State, the state Government, on Tuesday, suspended the operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the area.
Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, announced their suspension.
The suspension was announced after the arrest of two of its leaders in Lagos State, Kunle Poly and Tafa Sego in connection with a deadly clash on Lagos Island last week.
Two persons were reportedly killed during a clash between two factional members of a transport union in the Idumota area of Lagos on Thursday.
Also, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, in a statement on Tuesday, said NURTW operations are suspended at Eyin Eyo, Church Street and Idumota Bridge indefinitely due to the recent violence in those areas.
The statement was titled, ‘LASG Suspends NURTW Activities At Eyin Eyo, Church Street And Idumota Bridge’.
Fayinka said the decision was taken at a stakeholders’ meeting comprising NURTW, Central Business District and Lagos State Market Women Association (Iya Oloja General and Iya Oloja of Lagos Island) on Tuesday.
Fayinka further stated that the Rapid Response Squad will station an Armored Personnel Carrier on Idumota Bridge to deter motorists from driving against traffic in compliance with traffic Rules and Regulations and to enforce the suspension of the NURTW within the axis and simultaneously flush out the Oju Opake boys lurking along Plaza around Church Street axis.