Chairman of the Osun State Transport Management System, Nurudeen Alowonle was on Tuesday injured during an attack by some aggrieved members of the transport system who wanted to forcefully remove him from office.
He is currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
Some suspected thugs loyal to the aggrieved members had early in the morning took control of the State Secretariat of the Union after chasing away those loyal to the Nurudeen Alowonle.
The incident caused panic for hours along Ita-Olookan to Ilesa Garage roundabout in Osogbo as residents and passers-by scampered for safety.
The incident also disrupted Commercial activities as shops, and filling stations in the area were immediately closed.
Addressing Journalists during a protest, leaders of some of the aggrieved members alleged Nurudeen Alowonle of extortion in the name of Governor Ademola Adeleke and his Sister, Dupe Adeleke to fund their Chieftancy installation as Asiwaju of Ede land
They want him removed as the Chairman of the Transport Management System in the State.
But the embattled Chairman, Nurudeen Alowonle debunked the allegations saying those behind the attack are enemies of Government.
For now, combined security operatives have been mobilized to the State Secretariat to maintain law and order.
It will be recalled that the state Government had banned activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state thereby creating State transport Management System in its stead.
