What started as a minor clash between motorcyclists believed to be of Northern extraction and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), at the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, in Lagos State, on Monday morning, later degenerated into a tribal clash, as Hausa and Yoruba youths confronted themselves, wielding dangerous weapons.
According to an eyewitness, the crisis, begun when Hausa motorcyclists gathered themselves to protest constant harassment by the road union members, after an Hausa motorcyclist operator was allegedly beaten and stabbed to death.
The fight, which began with exchange of stones between members of the union and the motorcyclists, soon degenerated into a full blown crisis, as sporadic gunshots were heard at the scene.
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Shouts of ‘E no concern una’, was barked at passerbys, as supposed members of the road union tried explaining to whoever cared to listen, that the fight was between “us and aboki dem”.
As at the time of filing this report, more Hausa youths were seen rushing towards the Volks area of the road, purportedly from nearby Alaba Rago, where many of them reside.
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