{"id":81839,"date":"2026-01-19T05:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81839"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:18:23","slug":"tension-in-osogbo-motor-parks-after-killing-of-ex-nurtw-unit-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/19\/tension-in-osogbo-motor-parks-after-killing-of-ex-nurtw-unit-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension in Osogbo Motor Parks After Killing of Ex-NURTW Unit Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tension gripped several motor parks in Osogbo on Sunday following the killing of a former unit chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kazeem Oyewole, by suspected hoodlums.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday afternoon at Elelede Junction, triggering fear across the metropolis. Shortly after the killing, some individuals believed to be associates of the deceased were seen around major motor parks, raising concerns about possible reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>Oyewole was said to have served as part-time chairman of the NURTW Aregbe Unit between 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the attack remain sketchy, but a resident who witnessed the incident from a distance said hoodlums had gathered at the junction under the guise of collecting money for a carnival before the violence broke out.<\/p>\n<p>A shop owner in the area, identified as Basira, said the incident forced businesses around Elelede Junction to shut down abruptly, adding that NURTW members later identified the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, said one person was killed and that investigations had commenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deployed our men immediately after receiving the information. Unfortunately, one person was confirmed dead. Investigation is ongoing,\u201d Ojelabi said, adding that security operatives were monitoring motor parks to prevent any escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Tension gripped several motor parks in Osogbo on Sunday following the killing of a former unit chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kazeem Oyewole, by suspected hoodlums. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday afternoon at Elelede Junction, triggering fear across the metropolis. Shortly after the killing, some individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81842,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81839\/revisions\/81842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}