Road Transporters in Ibadan Riots Over Extortion by Leaders

Commercial banks in some parts of Ibadan, yesterday, hurriedly shut their gates to prevent invasion by hoodlums who might capitalise on the protest by members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, over alleged extortion by their union leaders.

The protest, which started at Sango-Ojoo Road, later spread to other parts of the city, compelling several commuters, including workers in the private and public sectors, to resort to trekking to their places of work.

During the protest, several commercial vehicles were vandalised. MORE

Vanguard gathered that the drivers had long been complaining about excesses of their leaders, who wait at every bus stop to extort outrageous levies.

At the University of Ibadan axis, windscreens of vehicles of some of their colleagues in the union, who did not heed their calls to withdraw their services, were broken and the occupants, except passengers, were severely beaten.