The alleged betrayal that led to his assassination
The assassination of Toba Ajiboye, the Organising Secretary of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, has reopened old wounds and revived questions about the violent underworld of motor park politics. In this gripping feature, Daniel Ayantoye traces the rise and fall of the controversial street warlord and the alleged betrayal that led to his death
Tears flowed freely on Tuesday as hundreds of family members, colleagues, friends and supporters gathered in Fadeyi, Lagos, to bid farewell to the Lagos State Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya.
Like prominent leaders of the NURTW including Femi Jplum, Kunle Poly, MC Oluomo, and Mustapha Sego, Ajiboye was regarded as one of the influential figures in the transport union hierarchy. However, his journey ended not in the bustle of a motor park, but in a burial attended by mourners struggling to come to terms with his violent death.
Viral videos showed an emotional crowd surrounding his remains, many overcome with grief as they paid their last respects.
