The Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle Adio, widely known as Tafa Sego, has strongly condemned the recent assault on Miss Yetunde Amole, a female driver who was brutalised by a street thug in the Ajah area of Lagos.

Receiving Miss Amole at the union’s headquarters in Oko Oba, Agege, Adio expressed outrage over the incident and offered his full support.

He made it clear that the union does not tolerate violence or intimidation, especially against law-abiding drivers going about their daily work.

“The individual who assaulted Miss Amole is not a member of our union. He is a well-known area boy and not affiliated with the NURTW in any capacity,” Adio said.

Miss Amole had visited the NURTW headquarters to formally report her ordeal, a move that Adio praised as brave and necessary.

In response, he reassured her and all commercial drivers that the union is committed to protecting its members and partners from harassment.

“No genuine member of this union has any business with harassment or misconduct,” Adio stated. “Our members are trained to conduct themselves with discipline and respect.”

He lauded the swift intervention of the Lagos State Government in apprehending the suspect and emphasized that the union would continue to work closely with authorities to ensure justice is served.

“We will ensure that Yetunde Amole gets justice in this instance. This will serve as a strong warning to others not to harass any driver in the state,” he declared.

Adio concluded with a firm warning to union members: misconduct will not be tolerated under his leadership.

He also urged the public to show greater respect for commercial drivers, many of whom face daily risks just to earn a living.

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, on Monday, convened an expanded state security council meeting to address the escalating insecurity in the area.

This is in response to the tragic attacks on Zikke and Kimakpa communities in the Bassa Local Government Area of the State.

Ekwutosblog reports that the meeting was held at the Council Chamber of the Government House in Jos where deliberations on the security situation, especially the disturbing resurgence of attacks in Bassa and Bokkos LGAs with decisive measures aimed at restoring peace and preventing further bloodshed across the state.

According to the governor, more than 100 militiamen invaded the affected communities to maul innocent residents on Monday morning.

“We are on top of the situation and will go to any length to forestall a recurrence,” the governor assured the people of the state.

Ekwutosblog reports that the death toll in Monday’s attack hit 51, with several houses razed.

The governor said he would provide more information surrounding the attack during a broadcast on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

According to a Kwall community leader, Wakili Tongwe, the attackers invaded the village in the early hours of Monday and shot sporadically at residents who were scampering for safety after hearing gunshots.

Tongwe had earlier said that a team of vigilantes, including himself and some security personnel, were on patrol in another community when the attackers invaded the village and started shooting.

He said that although the security personnel engaged the invaders and succeeded in repelling the attackers, the damage had been done, with about thirty-six persons shot dead and four others dying later.

The community leader added that some other residents sustained gunshot wounds and are receiving medical attention at the hospital.

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, not to mistake the peaceful nature of Ijaw people for weakness.

“Wike knows that Bayelsa is the cradle of the Ijaw nation, warning that their peaceful nature should not be mistaken for weakness, as no individual, in the name of playing dirty and do or die politics, has monopoly of violence or brain box of inciting unrest. “