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Nigeria: Oyo NURTW Chairman, 2 Others Killed in PDP Congress

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Original Post Date: 2011-01-01 Time: 09:00:06  Posted By: News Poster

By Yemi Bamidele

Ibadan – The congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned bloody in Oyo State yesterday with the killing of the state chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Alhaji Lateef Salako a.k.a Eleweomo and two supporters of Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin, who himself narrowly escaped death.

The killers were believed to be from a faction of the NURTW. Commissioner of Police Alhaji Baba Adisa Bolanta confirmed the death of Eleweomo to newsmen in Ibadan yesterday.

Crisis erupted at the IDC Primary School centre within Olunloyo community in Ona Ara Local Government area as sporadic shootings raged between supporters of the opposing sides of anti-Akala and pro-Akala PDP groups in the area.

Dangerous weapons were also freely displayed by the warring factions, thus making the few policemen virtually helpless. People in the neighbourhood ran helter skelter. Journalists gathered that the pro-Akala group, led by the interim chairman of Ona-ara council, Mr. Tunde Olayiwola allegedly led the attack on the Senate Leader. When contacted, however, Olayiwola alleged that the loyalists of the Senate Leader burnt three of their buses while the confrontation lasted.

Senator Folarin, fighting back tears, lamented the killing of two of his loyalists, saying two other loyalists sustained injuries. He disclosed that the injured were rushed to a private hospital.

The Senate Leader condemned the attack on him and his men by the NURTW, wondering the alleged desperation of the state governor whom he accused of continuing to use the union, which he had earlier proscribed, to intimidate party faithfuls.

Original Source: Daily Trust (Abuja)
Original date published: 31 December 2010

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