Lagos Police Command has commenced an intensive manhunt for yet-to-be-identified gunmen who shot dead the Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Toba Ajiboye, popularly called Toba Ijaya, along the Ikorodu road in Lagos.
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According to information, the NURTW scribe was pronounced dead by medical experts at the St. Nichola Hospital in Lagos Island Local Government where he was rushed to after the attack.
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Confusion however, broke out on Tuesday, around St. Nichola Hospital between the Police and ardent supporters of the victim, after transporters prevented security operatives from accessing the medical facility to recover Ajiboye’s body after he was pronounced dead.
The state Police Command spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed that security personnel have been deployed to strategic locations to forestall any breakdown of law and order across the state.
According to Adebisi, “Investigation is ongoing to get the perpetrators, the Command has also deployed to strategic locations to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order”.
The incident happened when Ajiboye was attacked while returning home from his childhood neighbourhood in Fadeyi.
The assailants were said to have intercepted his vehicle along the Ikorodu road and shot at him through his white car which was with multiple bullet holes on the windscreen and other parts of the body.
Initial reports indicated that Ajiboye and other occupants of the vehicle survived the attack after sustaining gunshot wounds.
However, subsequent reports claimed that the union official later died from his injuries.
Reacting to the incident, Lagos NURTW Chairman, Mustapha Adekunle, popularly called Sego, expressed grief over Ajiboye’s death, describing him as a loyal ally and trusted friend.
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