Osun Election: Soldiers apprehend NURTW boss, others

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On Friday, a group of soldiers arrested the Osun State chapter’s National Union of Road Transport Workers’ chieftain, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as ‘Asiri Eniba.’

The soldiers reportedly arrested him and some other people at his Ojurin, Osogbo motor park office.

The development was said to have thrown the Old Garage Area where the park is located into panic, as many drivers and passengers waiting to board to different destinations fled the scene.

The state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party recently said it had written several petitions to security agents, accusing the NURTW boss of masterminding attacks on its members.

He was said to be arrested in his office by soldiers who came in two vehicles. They arrested him and some other people too.

An eyewitness said, “We can’t say where he was taken to now, but he was arrested this afternoon in his office in Ojurin, Osogbo.”

Later information revealed that Oyewale and about 15 others were arrested by soldiers and handed over to the Osun Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo.

When contacted to know if Oyewale and others were in the custody of the police, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, in charge of the Osun election, Johnson Kokumo, who confirmed that some people were arrested, simply said, “some arrests have been made. Whether by soldiers or NSCDC, I don’t know. I don’t know who they are. Let’s do our due diligence before asking who they are.”

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