Doctors at the
General Hospital, Shomolu, Lagos, are battling to save the life of the Vice
Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Palm Grove
branch,
who was allegedly stabbed by one of his members on Tuesday night over a
girlfriend.
Two suspects,
Ayodele Muyiwa and James Friday, alleged to have carried out the attack, have
been arrested by police and are still being detained at Shomolu Division.
It was
gathered that the main suspect, Ayodele Muywa, has been having a brawl with the
victim, identified simply as Omotunde, whom he accused of snatching his
girlfriend.
A member of
the union, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “When Muyiwa came to the
park on Tuesday, he engaged Omotunde in a quarrel, accusing him of snatching
his girlfriend to spite him because he was rich.
“They started
exchanging words. In the process, Muyiwa carried a plank with which he
threatened to hit Omotunde. He bent down and dared Muyiwa to carry out his
threat, but he did not.
“At night,
Muyiwa stormed the park in the company of another person to attack Omotunde.
They beat him, stabbed him in the stomach and left.”
As at
yesterday, some loyalists of the injured man were spoiling for a fight.
Vanguard gathered that to prevent a free-for-all, loyalists to the suspects
were prevented from collecting tolls at the park.
Preliminary
investigation, according to police sources, revealed that the main suspect had
earlier been arrested for being in possession of a gun during the union’s
election.
He was
reportedly taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department, SCIID, Yaba, but was later released.
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