commercial drivers are currently disrupting socio-economic activities in Akure, Ondo state.

SaharaReporters gathered that the crisis involved factions of the drivers’ union known as National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).

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“The drivers, armed with dangerous weapons, are currently attacking one another and their personal vehicles as traders and commuters scampered for safety,” a resident said.

Scores of people were also said to have sustained injuries.

The clash, which is still ongoing, started around 8 am on Tuesday, SaharaReporters has learnt.

The Ondo State government had last Monday suspended the activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria and NURTW.

The government, through the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties, Dr Doyin Odebowale, said the suspension was to allow both unions to meet and settle their differences to prevent violent clashes between them.

He pointed out that it was greed that was causing the fight as well as the money sharing formula between the two transport unions.

According to him, the ticket printed by the Ondo State Internal Revenue Services would be sold to commercial drivers for the sum of N300.

He warned that anybody caught selling any other ticket would be arrested and prosecuted.

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I thought akeredolu has ban em indefinitely

Una don start

sahara reporters...

For how long must this senseless killing and hooliganism go on? There may be need to proscribe this union in the end. They are not but a pain in the ass. Govt needs to prioritize the welfare and safety of the people at least from these street urchins. Have you heard about laptop powerbank? More than ten hours guaranteed and up to double that possible

When you smoke too much of osogbo weed, why won't you be fight all the time.

s.m.h

Can't we put in this same energy in fighting fulani terrorists. Na to fight our own brothers we sabi. But mention fulani and afonja will jappa

Yorubas are not divided

All these motor people and bloodshed sef

Similar thing happened in ebonyi yesterday morning now look at this one

Which way naija?

This is what happens in a country where Touts become so wealthy without any form of education or productivity while professors are struggling to get paid.

Don't we have NURTW in the North?

News coming from oilypussy?

Bact to the main topic

I don't understand why government is complacent. These so called unions are the primary cause of wanton increase in transport cost.

One drunkard will wake up early morning after rinsing his mouth with pelebe, announce the amount to be charged per bus/car loaded.

Lawlessness at its finest

Is 4 years of making huge money and accumulating wealth and not been able to point to any significant achievement not enough for the greedy NURTW. After that, they want to inflict hardship on the citizens of ONDO state. Imagine someone saying it boldly on a state television that his union members should kill on his behalf.

Those are SW terrorists...

Sahara reporters..

Fake news upon fake news..

It's like what all youths aspires to be in SW these days is nurtw members for easy money (owoda)which they don't know they are entrenching themselves into poverty. I was surprised to see my carpinter in January this year adorning nurtw uniform and pursuing commercial vehicles up and down in the street.

Nig is presently upside down

traders oo,boko boys,herdsmen,National Union oo,cultist,Area Boys oo
Everywhere jagajaga

Madness everywhere

Dividends of Democracy. This useless union need to be banned nation wide

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By now NURTW should not be popular, talkless of them causing crisis in our societies. But in Nigeria, politicians are using them during elections, so they are always relevant.

Thousands of youths who suppose to be in schools or in vocational training are in parks, waiting to become the likes of MC oluomo, kunle poly, Elewure etc.
They do juju, and even kill, to be the leader and gain territories. And I wonder when all these inherited eyesores will end in Nigeria.

i wish this group can be scrap ...... there is no reason for diz union , GOVERNMENT should take over its and handle dix to local government.... but wait ooooo what is the purpose of LOCAL GOVERNMENT workers self...... seriously this set of pple are just useless in office doing nothing .... they shud handle so many affairs.... each local goverment should have something they produce in large quantity and their salary shud b paid from that ...... our system of government shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

These motor Union will more dangerous thin boko haram in future if nothing done now.

Nigeriaaaaaa

Who cursed this nation? Why the killings always?
What is happening? Die die die death death death every day.

What is all this bikonu

How will there not be high level of casualties when most of the street fighters' life remains one (1) bar!