Gunmen kill NURTW leader’s aide, in Lagos

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.

 PUNCH 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. 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. Security operatives were said to have been deployed in the area as business activities were grounded and residents stayed indoors.