NURTW Members In Ekiti Attack  Colleague For Supporting APC Guber Candidate

On Wednesday, Omoleye Olajide Johnson, the former treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Ekiti State, was beaten and brutalized by some commercial drivers loyal to the union’s state chairman, Osho Farotimi.

Against the wishes of the chairman known as Oshopolo, Johnson had branded his car in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Hon. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji.

Farotimi had openly campaigned for the APC candidate, and his union’s members were required to display BAO banners on their vehicles.

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Farotimi and his former treasurer had been at odds since their inception, according to reports, before the treasurer was driven out of the system.

The NURTW chairman is said to see his former EXCO member’s support for BAO as a danger to his bid for a second term in power, thus the need to stop him.

“On Wednesday, I was traveling through Tosin Aluko motor park with a BAO branded car when some vehicles abruptly stopped me and removed all the branded paper,” Johnson narrated his incident.

“They started beating me and put significant wounds on me, including both eyes; they told me I had no chance in the BAO government and that I should join Segun Oni’s SDP.”

“Dotun Olufimo, Odunayo Afolabi, Ojo Omotosho Oluwaseun, Femi Ogunlusi, Apoewa, and Sunday Boboye were among those who attacked me.”

He begged the government and security forces to act and bring all of the perpetrators to justice.

Farotimi refuted the allegations when reached.

“Since my inauguration, neither of us has spoken; I have no idea where or how he got himself into such a problem; I am innocent,” he stated.

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When contacted, ASP Sunday Abutu of the Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer said the police had not received a report of the attack and urged the victim to go to the local police station, where required action would be taken.