Anti-riot policemen and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) were yesterday deployed at Ojota Motor Park in Lagos following a bloody clash by transport union members on Thursday evening.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that a suspended factional leader of a transport Union allegedly launched an attack on the motor park with hoodlums on Thursday to reclaim the facility.
A free for all fight followed as members loyal to the leadership of the park tried to defend the venue from the intruders with machetes, bottles and other weapons.
A police source said: “The clash started Thursday evening at about 6.30 p.m, many vehicles were leaving the park horridly and there were gunshots in the air and everyone scampered for safety.
“That resulted to the deployment of police personnel from different divisions under Area H, including anti-riot police officers by the Area Commander, ACP Miller Dantawaye.”
Some NURTW members, who spoke with NAN, said that normacy had returned to the park, stressing that the leadership of the park were invited for a peace meeting with Lagos Council of the union.