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| Lagos NURTW Leader’s Aide, Ganiu aka. Piero |
The personal assistant to Alhaji Kunle Azeez, a
leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, identified only as
Ganiu, has been shot dead by gunmen in the Idumota area of Lagos State.
Latest Reality Metro learnt that Ganiu
(aka Piero), Azeez (aka Kunle Poly) and some security guards,
including two policemen, were returning from a meeting around 12 midnight on
Tuesday when the gunmen opened fire on them.
While Ganiu was hit and died on the spot, others
sustained varying degrees of injury as they fled from the hail of bullets
released by the assailants.
Our correspondent learnt that the victim had been
buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
A source said hoodlums from the Agarawu area were
suspected to have carried out the attack.
He said, “Kunle Poly, who heads the
NURTW branches in Idumota, called a meeting of all chairmen in motor parks in
the area around 12 midnight.
“When they were done with the meeting, Kunle
Poly, the two poliemen guarding him, Piero, and one other union
member, left for his car, which was parked at a bridge close to the office.
“Kunle Poly asked Piero to
release the car key because he (Kunle Poly) wanted to drive the car by
himself. He asked Piero to go to the passenger’s side. Piero
turned to go to the passenger’s side, while his boss headed towards the
driver’s side. They were all about to enter the car when there was a gunshot.
“Piero was hit and he died on the spot.
The union member with them was hit by another bullet in the hand. The mopols
with them wanted to return the gunfire when the gunmen rained bullets on them.
They all took cover.
“Kunle Poly dodged beside the car from
where he jumped onto the bridge and escaped to the other side of the road. The
two mopols took to their heels. Nobody knew where the shots came from as I
speak to you.”
Latest Reality Metro learnt that there
was tension on the Lagos Island when the news of Ganiu’s death spread.
Security operatives were said to have been
deployed in the area as business activities were grounded and residents stayed
indoors.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal
Imohimi, said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had approved the proscription of union
activities on the Lagos Island until the situation improved.
In a statement on Tuesday by the Chief Press
Secretary to the Governor, Habib Haruna, the CP said the decision was made
after a meeting with the governor.
“In view of the crisis rocking the NURTW chapter
of the Lagos Island and the insecurity it is creating on the Island, the
security council meeting today chaired by the state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode, has ordered that union activities be suspended on the Island until
further notice.
“We are also using the opportunity to call on the
NURTW leadership in the state that nobody or group of persons or organisations
would be allowed to tamper with the peaceful security situation in Lagos State
and that the government would not hesitate to proscribe completely all union
activities in the state if their members do not obey the laws of the land and
ensure that their activities do not amount to breaching the peace,” the CP
said.
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