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Ogun: Union Officers Chase Motorcycle Rider To Death Over ₦600

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One Nura Kazeem has been crushed to death in Ogun State while running away from some officials of the motorcycle rider’s union of the Aseese community.

Reports had it that the union’s men were trailing the motorcyclist after he refused to pay a N600 ticket.

Kazeem lost in life in the run after ramming into a commercial bus along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Naija News understands.

According to reports, Kazeem had argued with the officials that he would not pay for the ticket since he was not working and was preparing to travel.

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The victim was reportedly preparing to travel to his hometown in the North alongside his siblings when he was approached by one of the union members, identified simply as Ayomo.

After showing no interest in the purchase of the daily ticket, Ayomo and some other officials of the union allegedly pursued Kazeem, leading him to a collision with  a white Mazda bus.

Confirming the incident, an eyewitness, Khalid Abdullahi, said the officials immediately fled the scene.

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He said, “I was coming from Oshodi to Asese in a public bus when I saw two motorcycles coming at top speed.

“A white Mazda bus in our front wanted to drop off passengers at the ASCON Bus-stop, while the bus I was in also wanted to drop off passengers at the same bus stop. But as the white bus wanted to park, one of the speeding motorcycles rammed into it.

“When I saw the accident, I came down from the bus to help the victim when I saw that he was one of our brothers. We dragged him to a side of the road, but he was already dead. As the motorcycle union officials saw what happened, they turned back and fled.”

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Another eyewitness, Mohammed Abdullahi, accused the government of giving jobs to the officials who according to him have no value for human lives.

I thank God that there was no violence when this incident happened. We lost our brother because of N600. He came to the bus stop because he wanted to travel to the North today,” Abdullahi said.

Someone that had been buying tickets for over five months at least; if he said he was not buying a ticket today, they should have left him, but they pursued him to death because of N600,” the eyewitness added.

The Seriki of the Hausa community in Ibafo, Alhaji Shehu Usman, has been told of the incident, Naija News understands.

In his reaction, Usman noted that the incident could have resulted in a tribal war in the state.

He urged the state government to educate the union on how to go about their work.

He said, “The government should bear this in mind and warn these people. There are ways to go about this type of issue without harassing people.”

The Asese branch Chairman of the union, Agboola Afolabi, said he was working with the Arewa community to resolve the matter.

He said, “I was on my way to Abeokuta when someone called me that something was happening in my unit and that someone had died. I turned back to come and resolve the issue. When I got there, I was shocked when I saw the scene.

“But I am grateful to the Arewa community here that they are peaceful people and they helped us to create peace in this situation.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, promised to call back our correspondent on the incident.

He had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.