By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
Following the clash between factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Osun State, the state police command has arrested a suspect, Adedeji Saheed, 40, over the violent clash.
Addressing newsmen at the command headquarters in Osogbo on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, represented by the command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, said the suspect was arrested at Oke-Ijetu area, where the suspect and others at large were grouping to unleash mayhem on the public.
He said the police received intel at about 5:30pm on Monday evening about hoodlums shooting sporadically into the air at the area, and a police unit from the Violence Crime Response Unit, VCRU, was dispatched to the area.
“On getting to the scene, the suspects engaged police in a gun duel during which three operatives sustained various degrees of injuries. However, the hoodlums suspected to belong to the Wakili Nurudeen faction of the NURTW were subdued.
