Sanwoolu Suspends RTEAN Activities In Lagos
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria in the state.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, on Thursday.
He stated that the suspension has become necessary as a result of some pockets of violence in Ojo and Lagos Island on Wednesday, adding that a 35- Man Caretaker Committee has been organized to take over activities of the union henceforth.
Giwa said, “In a bid to fulfill one of the cardinal objectives of the T.H.E.M.E.S developmental agenda of the present administration in Lagos State as it relates to Security and Good Governance, under Traffic Management and Transportation, the Lagos State Government has suspended all activities of RTEAN with immediate effect.”
It was reported on Wednesday that two people were feared dead during a clash involving factional members of RTEAN in the Iyana Iba and Lagos Island areas of Lagos State.
During the clash on Wednesday, the transport union members were seen in a trending video fighting themselves with stones, bottles, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons.
