Some yet-to-be identified hoodlums have reportedly killed Kazeem Oyewole, a former unit chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in Osogbo, Osun state.
The hoodlums were said to have attacked Oyewole around Elelede Junction in Osogbo on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased served as the part-time chairman of the NURTW Aregbe unit between 2018 and 2022.
The exact circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear as of press time.
However, a resident who witnessed the incident from a distance, and requested anonymity for security reasons, told the platform that some hoodlums had stationed themselves at Elelede junction to allegedly extort money from passersby under the guise of raising funds for a proposed carnival.
The resident said a motorcycle conveying two passengers arrived at the scene, and the hoodlums stopped them, which led to a fight.
“I heard gunshots. They later identified one of the two persons who were attacked as Kazeem,” the resident said.
“Later, they brought big stones and smashed the head of a man identified as Kazeem. He died on the spot.
“The other person, however, escaped from the scene of the attack with an open wound. After the incident, the hoodlums fled before police arrived.”
A shop owner at the Elelede Junction, identified simply as Basira, told Punch that some NURTW members identified the victim whose head had been smashed as Oyewole.
After the incident, some NURTW members moved round motor parks in Osogbo to fish out the killers — a development that sparked tension in the State.
Abiodun Ojelabi, Osun police spokesperson, said the command has commenced investigation and officers have been mobilised to the scene of the incident.
In November 2025, Adeboye Ademoroti, NURTW chairman of unit 1 in Ilesa, Osun state, was shot dead by some gunmen.
The Cable
