Ban NURTW to prevent further violence in Lagos, party tells Sanwo-Olu

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The violence, which extended to Friday, left some people dead and paralysed business activities in the area.

The Lagos State chapter of the Accord Party has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers following repeated violence by its members.

The Publicity Secretary of the party, Dele Oladeji, reacting to the development in a statement on Saturday, called on Mr Sanwo-Olu to tame the members of theMr Oladeji said: “Again, the members of the NURTW were enmeshed in a deadly fight on Lagos Island which was reported to have resulted in the untimely death of some four youths.

“Traders were forced to shut down their businesses, which led to the loss of transactions running into billions of naira. Mr Oladeji said that though members of the union were always in the habit of killing themselves during such fracas, their action had always defied the security set up in Lagos State and had always created a state of insecurity among residents.

He said that NURTW factions were known to frequently engage in free-for-all over power tussles at different locations and parks.The Police Command in Lagos State on Saturday said that its men arrested some members of the NURTW during the Lagos Island clash.

 

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How can you expect a man to cripple himself by himself?

This call by AccordPartyNG for me is nothing but a wishful thinking! If the jidesanwoolu and OfficialAPCNg in lagos banned the NURTW, how are they expecting them to win future elections?

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