A gang of thugs have stabbed the vice chairman of a branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers to death. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, Seyi Olaleye, aka Seyi Rugged, was killed on Moore Street, off Apapa Road in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.
Our correspondent was told that Olaleye, who was in his 30s, was the vice chairman, NURTW, Deji Ayewa, Costain branch.
It was learnt that he was killed during a clash with a group of thugs led by one Waheed aka Skippo.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Skippo and Seyi Rugged and their respective followers had been at loggerheads for some times.
It was learnt that the fresh crisis began after some of Skippo’s boys attacked Seyi Rugged’s boys during a carnival in the first week of January. A member of the Neighbourhood Watch, who craved anonymity, said, “Seyi Rugged group controls Jones and Vaughan streets as well as Oto and Railway line.
