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Osogbo on fire as okada riders protest death of colleague

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The ancient city of Osogbo, the Osun State capital is currently on fire following the crisis that broke out after a serious road traffic accident occurred along the Lameco-Okinni road on Thursday.

The accident which involved a commercial motorcyclist, a minibus and a tipper has degenerated into uncontrolled protests along the axis, Daily Post repotrs.

The protests it was gathered is between minibus (koropel) drivers and commercial motorcyclists (Okada)

An eyewitness, Tobiloba Ali in a message said, “It was a fatal one indeed, had to come down from the minibus when the bikers wanted to attack us. Three people on the bike were involved in the incident, the korope and a tipper. According to a witness, the incident claimed a life.”