Tears as slain Lagos NURTW official laid to rest

Family members, colleagues, friends and supporters gathered in Ketu, Lagos, on Tuesday to bid farewell to the late Organising Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya.

Videos circulating on social media showed mourners in large numbers as the slain union leader was laid to rest, with emotional scenes as sympathisers paid their last respects.

Ajiboye died after succumbing to gunshot injuries sustained when unidentified gunmen attacked his vehicle in the Fadeyi area of Lagos on Sunday evening.