By: Thomas Abidoye
The Osun State Transport Management System (OSTMS) has disrupted commercial transport activities in Osogbo, the state capital.
It was gathered that the action is in solidarity with the arrest and shooting of its state chairman on Monday.
When our correspondent passed through Aregbe Park, along Ogo-Oluwa on Wednesday morning, members of the OSTMS stopped many bikes and seized their keys. The park was empty, without a single bus, leaving travelers stranded.
All efforts to speak with the OSTMS member enforcing the directive of suspension of activities proved abortive, as he declined to speak with our correspondent.
AMILOADED had earlier reported that following the shooting of its Chairman, the Osun State Transport Management System(OSTMS) announced the suspension of commercial transport activities for Wednesday, 20th November, 2024 across the State.
The Secretary of the OSTMS, Alhaji Mukaila Popoola in a statement on Tuesday directed motor parks across the State to suspend activities in solidarity with their Chairman who was arrested and short in Police Custody.
According to the statement, all commercial drivers in the State are to converge at Olaiya Junction in Osogbo in the morning of Wednesday, 20th November where members will be addressed.
The statement also called on the Inspector General of Police to ensure that Superintendent of police, SP Moses Lohor who attempted to take the life of the OSTMS Chairman, Comrade Nurudeen Alowonle is brought to book.
Alhaji Popoola through the statement warned that anything must not happen to Comrade Alowonle after reports indicate that SP Moses Lohor actually wanted to take the life of the OSTMS Chairman.
The statement reads, “It is clear that it is an attempt to take the life of our Chairman, the reports we gathered states that SP Moses Lohor aimed his gun directly at Comrade Alowonle with the intention to kill him.
“We are using this medium to tell the Inspector General of Police that nothing must happen to our Chairman and SP Moses Lohor must be apprehended and made to face the law.
“I call on our members across the State to boycot their transport activities and converge at Olaiya Junction in Osogbo tomorrow Wednesday the 20th of November for a solidarity walk and address.
“I must not fail to thank the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye and the Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Sesan Oyedele for standing by us through this difficult time. He stated.
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