There was pressure in some motor parks inside Osogbo metropolis on Sunday following the reported killing of a former unit chairman of the Nationwide Union of Highway Transport Staff, Kazeem Oyewole, in Osogbo by some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums.
After the killing, which reportedly occurred within the afternoon, some individuals believed to be associates of the deceased, who served as a part-time NURTW chairman of Aregbe Unit between 2018 and 2022, moved round some main motor parks in Osogbo, trying to find these allegedly concerned in Oyewole’s dying.
It was not instantly clear how the deceased was killed, however a resident who watched from a secure distance and most popular anonymity for security causes disclosed that some hoodlums had arrange a base round Elelede Junction and have been amassing cash from passers-by underneath the guise of elevating funds for a proposed carnival.
“Whereas that was happening, a motorbike carrying two individuals arrived on the scene and people hoodlums compelled the 2 passengers to disembark.
They began combating the passengers.
I heard gunshots.
They later recognized one of many two individuals that have been attacked as Kazeem.
Later, they introduced huge stones and smashed the pinnacle of a person recognized as Kazeem.
He died on the spot.
The opposite individual, nevertheless, escaped from the scene of the assault with open wounds.
After the incident, the hoodlums fled earlier than the police arrived on the scene,” the resident mentioned.
Additionally talking on the incident, a store proprietor at Elelede Junction, recognized merely as Basira, mentioned the few companies that opened for operations within the space needed to hurriedly shut down when the disaster began.
She added, “The person who was killed was recognized as Kazeem Oyewole by some NURTW those who got here after the incident.
He was mentioned to be a former part-time chairman of an NURTW unit alongside Osogbo/Gbongan Highway within the Aregbe space.”
Whereas monitoring the safety scenario at Previous Storage and Aregbe motor parks on Sunday night, it was noticed that folks averted staying near the parks for concern of being caught within the disaster, whereas the presence of hoodlums was additionally noticed near the parks.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed the killing.
Ojelabi mentioned, “We’re conscious of the incident that occurred at Orita Elelede, Osogbo, and we deployed our males to the place instantly the data obtained to us, however sadly, one individual was confirmed useless.
He was recognized as Kazeem.
Different identify unknown.
Investigation has commenced.”
Requested if the command was monitoring motor parks within the state to stop escalation, Ojelabi mentioned, “We’re nonetheless monitoring the scenario.
We’re going to monitor the parks for now.”
On November 27, 2025, a frontrunner of NURTW within the state, Adeboye Ademoroti, was shot useless by some yet-to-be-identified assailants in Ilesa.
The circumstances surrounding the killing have been unclear on the time of submitting this report.