The Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Council, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Ijaya, has been killed.
Ijaya succumbed to death after he was shot in Lagos by gunmen on Sunday night while returning home from his childhood neighbourhood in Fadeyi.
Report said assailants intercepted his vehicle around the Ikorodu Road axis and opened fire, leaving the car riddled with bullet holes.
Photos and videos circulating on social media showed his white vehicle with multiple bullet holes on the windscreen and other parts of the body.
In a tribute posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, NURTW Chairman, Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego expressed grief over Ijaya’s death.
“The news of the sudden passing of Comrade Toba Ajiboye has left me deeply saddened and heartbroken. It is difficult to come to terms with the loss of such a loyal, dependable, and committed ally,” he wrote, adding that the deceased was “a man of steadfast loyalty and unwavering commitment, and a true pillar of TeamSego and SegoNation.”
