BY OLA AJAYI

IBADAN—GOVERNOR  Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, has expressed satisfaction over the recent arrest of of the former leader of the state National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Mr. Mukaila Lamidi, popularly called ‘Auxiliary’ by law enforcement agents.

The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo said as the Chief Security Officer of the state, he was not only interested in the peace and tranquility of the state, but also interested in bringing criminals, who terrorised the peace and order of the state to book.

Ajimobi also mandated the security agencies in the state to step up the search for every wanted criminal and apprehend their collaborators, no matter how highly placed they might be in society.
Describing the ex-leader as “one of the most dreaded thugs in the state”, he noted that it was a testimony to the zeal, competence and determination of the police authorities to rid the state of violent elements.

The police had in June, 2011 placed a ransom of half a million naira on Auxiliary and the former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Oloruntoki, a.k.a. Tokyo, over the murder of the National President of the Nigeria Medical Students Association, Bala Usman Shanono, a 500-Level medical student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who was caught, along with other travelers, in a crossfire in Iwo Road, Ibadan, while waiting for night buses to their various destinations.

The former  leaders of the NURTW were also declared wanted for their alleged roles in the bloody clash between members of their factions which claimed dozens of innocent lives, along with the wanton destruction of property.