Violence Rocks Osogbo As Commercial Motorcyclists Protest Death of Colleague 

Violence took parts of Osogbo, Osun State capital, yesterday as commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders protested the death of their colleague in an accident.
The deceased is, however, yet to be identified.
Sources told The Tide source that the accident which involved a commercial motorcyclist, a minibus and a tipper along Lameco-Okinni Road degenerated into uncontrolled protests.
The protests it was gathered were between minibus (koropel) drivers and commercial motorcyclists (Okada).
An eyewitness said three commercial drivers were involved in the accident with one of them dead on the spot.
It was gathered that the two surviving motorists, Sariyahu Jamiu and Rashidat Hassan whose vehicles collided with the okada rider, escaped being lynched by the angry commercial motorcyclists, who were protesting the loss of their colleague.
The affected roads were blocked by suspected hoodlums and all the escape routes were surrounded by touts.
Meanwhile, residents and business owners have called on the Osun State Police Command and other security agencies to take urgent action to curtail the protest as a result of the accident.
They also wanted the authorities to act fast so as to forestall the possible escalation of the situation and breakdown of law and order.
At the time of filing this report, neither the Osun Sector of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) nor the Osun State Police Command has reacted to the development.