Suspected hoodlums kill former Osun NURTW boss

A former unit chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Kazeem Oyewole, was allegedly m8rdered by suspected hoodlums in Osogbo, Osun State. 

Oyewole, who served as part-time chairman of the NURTW Aregbe Unit between 2018 and 2022, was said to have been attacked around Elelede Junction on Sunday, January 18, 2026. 

However, a resident who witnessed the incident from a distance and requested anonymity for security reasons told punch that some hoodlums had stationed themselves at the Elelede Junction, allegedly extorting money from passersby under the guise of raising funds for a proposed carnival. 

While that was going on, a motorcycle carrying two people arrived at the scene, and those hoodlums forced the two passengers to disembark. They started fighting those passengers.

“I heard gunshots. They later identified one of the two persons who were attacked as Kazeem. Later, they brought big stones and smashed the head of a man identified as Kazeem. He d!ed 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,” the resident said. 

A shop owner at the Elelede Junction, identified simply as Basira, said business activities in the area were abruptly disrupted by the violence.

“The person who was killed was identified as Kazeem Oyewole by some NURTW people who came after the incident. He was said to be the former part-time chairman of an NURTW unit along Osogbo/Gbongan Road in the Aregbe area,” he said.

The spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, who confirmed the incident said the command had begun a probe into the killing.

“We are aware of the incident that happened at Orita Elelede (Osogbo), and we deployed our men to the place immediately after the information got to us, but unfortunately, one person was confirmed dead. He was identified as Kazeem. Other name unknown. Investigation has commenced,” the PPRO added. 

On whether security operatives had been deployed to motor parks to prevent escalation, Ojelabi added, “We are still monitoring the situation. We are going to monitor the parks for now.”