SEQUEL to the Wednesday, September 28, 2022, fracas between members of the RTEAN in the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo LGA, Lagos, where two people reportedly died, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the state.
This was made known by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
He noted that the suspension has become imperative following some pockets of violence recorded in Ojo and Lagos Island on Wednesday, September 28, adding that a 35- man caretaker committee has been constituted to take over the activities of the union henceforth.
“In a bid to fulfil 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,” Giwa said.
Recall that during a clash involving factional members of RTEAN in Iyana Iba, two persons died.
The transport union members were seen in a trending video clip engaging themselves in a free-for-all fight.
In a video clip posted SaharaTv on Youtube, the transport union workers were seen fighting themselves with stones, bottles, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons.
