{"id":65038,"date":"2022-05-19T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/violence-in-osogbo-as-commercial-motorcyclists-protest-death-of-colleague"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:07:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:07:15","slug":"violence-in-osogbo-as-commercial-motorcyclists-protest-death-of-colleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/violence-in-osogbo-as-commercial-motorcyclists-protest-death-of-colleague","title":{"rendered":"Violence in Osogbo as commercial motorcyclists protest death of colleague"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Information has it that a serious road traffic accident occurred along the Lameco-Okinni road in Thursday.<\/p>\n

The accident which involved a commercial motorcyclist, a minibus and a tipper has degenerated into uncontrolled protests along the axis.<\/p>\n

The protests it was gathered is between minibus (koropel) drivers and commercial motorcyclists (Okada)<\/p>\n

An eyewitness, Tobiloba Ali in a message to DAILY POST said, \u201cIt was a fatal one indeed, had to come down from the minibus when the bikers wanted to attack us. Three people on the bike were involved in the incident, the korope and a tipper. According to a witness, the incident claimed a life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another eyewitness Agboola Adeleke revealed that a motorist, Sariyahu Jamiu and Rashidat Hassan escaped being attacked by the angry commercial motorcyclists who were protesting the loss of life of one of their own.<\/p>\n

He said the affected road has been blocked by suspected hoodlums and all the escape routes are surrounded by touts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, residents and business owners have called on the Osun State Police Command and other security agencies to take urgent action to curtail the ongoing crisis along Lameco\/Okinni road as a result of the accident.<\/p>\n

They also wanted the authorities to act fast so as to forestall the possible escalation of the situation and breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n

At the time of filing this report, neither the Osun Sector of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) nor the Osun State Police Command has reacted to the development.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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