Drivers’ Clash: Ekiti RTEAN Chairman Arrested By Unknown Security Agency
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Following clash of rival factions of the Road Transport Employers
Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Ekiti State, indications emerged at
the weekend that the embattled Chairman of the Ekiti State Chapter of
the association, Mr. Rotimi Olanbiwonninu, (aka Mentilo), may have been
arrested and flown to Abuja by security operatives.
Although no life was lost in the clash which involved use of dangerous
weapons, the state police command had earlier warned the association to
stop putting the community in apprehension, advising them to settle or
be arrested.
Although, it was not known why he was arrested or the agency that
arrested him, but a source confirmed to journalists that Olanbiwonninu
might have been arrested by men of the State Security Services (SSS) or
the police.
“I too have heard that he (Mentilo) and his wife have early today
(yesterday) been arrested by men who were in mufti. I also learned that
some people have gone to the Police Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti here where
they (the police) denied any knowledge of his arrest.
“That may mean that the Force Headquarters or the State Security
Service (SSS) effected the arrest. I can however not confirm that. It is
strange why the arrest is coming now as you too can see that the
situation has been brought under control,” a source said.
Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr. Victor Olu-Babayemi, lso said he knew nothing about the arrest.
Babayemi, who spoke with journalists on phone clarified that the
police in the state was not party to any arrest of the troubled
Chairman.
“I am not aware of that at all. You are the one telling me now. The
Police will do their findings. We may call back later,” he said.
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