7 Injured, 20 vehicles damaged as hoodlums invade motor parks

Pandemonium broke out in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, yesterday, when some hoodlums invaded two motor parks in Kuto, and Ita-Oshin, leaving seven people critically injured.

About 14 persons were said to have been arrested by the security agencies which include Department of State Security, DSS; Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and the Police in the state  in connection with the attack.

Vanguard gathered that the hoodlums who  were led by  one Lateef Toriola  reportedly damaged about 20 vehicles in Kuto and Ita-Oshin in Abeokuta  during the attack.

It was further gathered that, the crisis ensued  as a result of  the alleged plan by a faction of the Road Transport Employers’s Association, RTEAN, in the state led by  Toriola, to take over the parks.

There was heavy  presence  of policemen in  Kuto  motor park  shortly after the attack, while  the injured were reportedly rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta

Chairman of RTEAN, Mugisu Akinpelu, while narrating the ordeals of his members in both motor parks, said  seven persons sustained injuries at Kuto motor park  but no one was attacked at Ita-Oshin park.

While appealing to the government to come to their aid, the Chairman said  the ring leader of the hoodlums, Toriola had been barred from parading himself as either a member or chairman of the union.
Source:Vanguard