Heavy gunshots in Osun as soldiers arrest NURTW boss Asiri Eniba
There was pandemonium in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, a few hours to the governorship election as the armed soldiers exchanged bullets with the suspected to be political thugs.
The thugs allegedly worked for the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba.
Newsflash Nigeria understands that Oyewale was later arrested after the gun duel with operatives.
According to the report, Oyewale, who is the NURTW Chairman, Olorunda unit was reportedly picked up in the afternoon at his Ojurin, Osogbo motor park office by soldiers.
The development, it was learnt threw Old Garage Area where the park is located into panic, as many drivers and passengers waiting to board to different destinations fled the scene.
It would be recalled that the Osun state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, recently said it had written several petitions, accusing the NURTW boss of masterminding attacks on its members to security agents.
An eye witness who preferred anonymity while narrating how Oyewale has whisked away during a chat with our correspondent said, “the soldiers arrested him in his office. They came into two vehicles.
“We can’t say where he was taken for now but he was arrested this afternoon in his office Ojurin, Osogbo.”
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