@ancestralpride: The alleged betrayal that led to his assassination Toba’s graveside at his house in Fadeyi The assassination of Toba Ajiboye, the Organising Secretary of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, has reopened old wounds and revived questions about the violent underworld of motor park politics. In this gripping feature, Daniel Ayantoye traces the rise and fall of the controversial street warlord and the alleged betrayal that led to his death Tears flowed freely on Tuesday as hundreds of family members, colleagues, friends and supporters gathered in Fadeyi, Lagos, to bid farewell to the Lagos State Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya. Like prominent leaders of the NURTW including Femi Jplum, Kunle Poly, MC Oluomo, and Mustapha Sego, Ajiboye was regarded as one of the influential figures in the transport union hierarchy. However, his journey ended not in the bustle of a motor park, but in a burial attended by mourners struggling to come to terms with his violent death. Viral videos showed an emotional crowd surrounding his remains, many overcome with grief as they paid their last respects. How Ajiboye fell Ajiboye, also known as Ikoko Ajegunjeran (the hyena that crushes bones and meat) or Baba Esu (Satan’s father), did not die like a normal death. His death arrived with the precision of a carefully planned execution: a hail of bullets, panicked screams and fleeing bystanders. He was ambushed on Sunday, July 12, by unidentified gunmen in the Fadeyi area of Lagos, and his vehicle riddled with bullets. Ajiboye later succumbed to his injuries, which brought a sudden end to the life of one of the union’s most powerful leaders. For a man whose name inspired fear across motor parks and political circles, the manner of his killing echoed the violent settling of scores more often associated with ruthless cartels on the streets of Lagos. Many observers noted that, in the end, the empire he spent years building could not shield him from the violence that had long shadowed his rise. It was said that his final moments bore the unmistakable signature of an execution designed not merely to kill but to send a message. His death ended a reign that had earned him loyal followers, powerful allies and dangerous enemies alike. A betrayal? Speaking exclusively to sources close to the slain Ajiboye, Saturday PUNCH gathered details that paint a picture of what appears to have been a coordinated plot. Our correspondent learnt that a bricklayer, identified simply as Oke, who had previously worked for the slain 43-year-old union secretary, allegedly monitored his movements and passed information to the gunmen who ambushed and killed him along the Ikorodu Road corridor. A source close to the deceased said Oke was someone Ajiboye trusted and employed for construction work. According to him, Oke tracked his movements while feeding real-time information to those said to be waiting to strike. “On Sunday, Toba came to see some elderly people and parked outside. The informant took pictures of the front and back of his vehicle and sent them to people waiting on the expressway. “He also sent a voice note informing them that Toba was alone with his driver and would soon come out. Toba came out and even gave him N5,000, not knowing that he was there to monitor him,” the source said. He further claimed that detectives later arrested Oke and his wife. “The bricklayer was arrested the following night. That was when we learnt what happened. They also identified another person called Ogere, who participated, but he has fled,” the source added. Saturday PUNCH also learnt that another individual, identified simply as Suko, and alleged to have financed parts of the operation, had fled out of Nigeria.

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