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THE Lagos State Government and chairman of the Parks and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, yesterday, denied forcing public motorists to purchase stickers to raise funds for the campaign of All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates. The denial came following a viral video which showed Keke Marwa drivers protesting to pay for the said stickers on their tricycles. According to the protesting Marwa drivers, they were forcefully charged to pay N500 per sticker. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Fredric Oladeinde, who debunked the claims, urged stakeholders to disregard the purported reports. Oladeinde said: "The Ministry of Transportation has condemned in strong terms the aforementioned claims. The sticker was not created and circulated by the Ministry or any of its Agencies. "The Ministry, therefore, urges stakeholders in the transportation sector, especially those providing public road transport to report anyone caught selling ...

*Alhaji Azeez Abiola and Alhaji Musliu Akinsanya. AGAIN, loyalists of the suspended Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Lagos State, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo and Chairman, Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria TOOAN, Alhaji Azeez Abiola, popularly known as Istijaba, clashed again over the management of various tricycle parks in the state, The clashes assumed another dimension, yesterday, as there were shootings at Ekoro, Kola, Mosalasi, Command, Ajasa, Meiran and Abule-Egba areas of the state as commuters and residents scampered for safety while activities in the areas were paralysed for hours. Eye witnesses’ account said property, worth millions of Naira, were destroyed. It was gathered that about 30 commercial vehicles were damaged by the warring parties. Narrating the situation, a transporter at Meiran, Samuel Benedict said: “The constant clashes in the area have resulted in hoodlums having their field day by exto...