A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), otherwise known as Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Afiz Agate, has been reportedly shot dead in a gun duel between men of the PMS and a group, simply identified as Federal Boys.
Daily Trust learnt that the crisis started on Thursday evening at the Oremeji Agugu area of the ancient city of Ibadan.
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However, the details of the disagreement between the two groups remain unclear at the time of this report, but our correspondent learnt that men of the Nigeria Police Force and Southwest Security Network also known as Amotekun had taken over the area to restore law and order.
The Public Relations Officer of the Park Management System in the state, Alhaji Emiola Jelili, when contacted confirmed the incident, but he did not reveal the number of causalities involved in the fracas.
He said the Federal Boy are not drivers but area boys who extort motorists at the Oremeji area.
He said, “There was no fight among us. What happened is that there are area boys called Federal Boys, they are not drivers but they extort drivers.
“We have reported them to the police at Agugu police station, but nothing was done about it. Yesterday, while the robbery at Iwo Road was going on, there was gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and these Federal Boys used that to rob people in the traffic.
“Some of those who escaped ran to our park in the area but these boys still pursued them. We had to drive them away. They came back and attacked our offices after we had closed but security agents have taken over the place now.”
The commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju, who confirmed the incident, said one person was killed among the Federal Boys.
“Yes, we have been on it since yesterday. We restored normalcy this morning, but they have started the fracas again. One person was killed among the Federal Boys and the corpse is still on the floor at Oremeji but everything is under control,” he said.
When contacted the State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said he would get back on the details of the incident as soon as possible.
