Two Killed, Many Wounded In Lagos Transport Workers’ Fight

A scuffle between members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Iyana-Iba on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is believed to have killed two people and injured many more.

The fight made many commuters scamper for safety.

The Nation learnt the fracas arose over control of a newly created park by RTEAN members.

The park is tagged Under Bridge at Iyana-Iba in Ojo.

Vehicles and other properties have been destroyed by the warring factions.

According to a commercial bus operator, the fracas is between Goroso and Students factions.

“Goroso and Students are members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The crisis is over who controls the new park created Under Bridge at Iyana-Iba, Ojo area. Many people have been injured and two persons dead,” he said.

According to him, commercial bus operators stopped working to avoid damage to their vehicles.

Another commercial bus operators affirmed that it was a fight between RTEAN members.

“Those fight over new park are loyalists of Seyi Bamgbose (aka Students) and Kazeem Goroso. We can’t work now because some vehicles have been destroyed already,” he said.

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