One killed as task force, truck drivers clash in Mile-2
Protesting truck drivers, yesterday, barricaded the Oshodi/Apapa expressway, Lagos over alleged killing of one of their colleagues by a policeman attached to the Lagos State Task Force. Report had it that the task force team arrived at Mile Two end of the expressway in the early hours of yesterday to impound trucks that usually block the axis, depriving other motorists access. The team was said to have sighted a truck stationed in the middle of the road. Attempts by the policemen to tow the truck were reportedly resisted by the driver identified as Toheeb Girisi, as he was said to have insisted that he was pouring water into the radiator of the truck. Eye witnesses said while he was struggling with one of the policemen, another allegedly shot him from behind. The action sparked up protest as the protesting truck drivers burnt used tyres on both sides of the road, depriving motorists from driving inward and outward the expressway. Motorists and commuters had to wait at...