Police confirms 1 death, 11 arrest in NURTW, RTEAN clash

chika ebuzor

August 3, 2015 4:01 AM

The fracas was said to have began on Saturday spilled over to Sunday morning resulting in the death of the driver, simply called Suraju, and destruction of the RTEAN office and three vehicles.

A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Offa chapter in Kwara, has confirmed dead on Sunday in a fracas involving the union and its counterpart, Road Transport Employers of Nigeria(RTEAN).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that trouble started between the members of the two associations following disagreement on the mode of transporting some students of School of Health Technology who had just vacated in the town.

NAN gathered that the fracas degenerated and resulted to a free-for-all as members failed to reach a concrete agreement on mode of loading passengers in turns to their various destinations.

Confirming the development to NAN, the Area Commander, Omu-Aran Police Division, Mr Ayodele Olatunji, said that six members of NURTW and five of RTEAN have been arrested in connection with the fracas.

He said the command was in the process of obtaining the statement of the arrested suspects before transferring the case to the state headquarters for further investigations.

The Public Police Relation Officer, Kwara Police Command, Mr Ajayi Okasnmi, who also confirmed the killing, said the command was still awaiting the details of the mayhem.

However, officials of the affected unions in the area declined phone calls put to them by NAN on their reactions to the incident.

chika ebuzor