Pandemonium Abule Egba part of Lagos State, as Task Force Officials allegedly kill a commercial bus Driver and his conductor.

For more than two hours, there were tense scenes in the Abule Egba area after members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed with officials of Lagos State Task Force.

The incident followed after the alleged killings of a commercial bus driver and conductor by task force officials for yet to be ascertained reasons. The victims said to be a driver and conductor, were allegedly shot by the officials.

Many people sustained severe wounds during the fracas, which escalated to the Alakuko area of the city.

Vehicles including police vans were also destroyed during the crisis.

Another account indicated that the Taskforce officials crushed the driver with their patrol vehicle, a development that provoked the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the axis.

The crisis was said to have escalated to Alakuko with sporadic gunshots heard and bottles flung across the road.

Motorists caught up in the chaos alleged that some road users were hit by stray bullets while multiple accidents were recorded as people struggled to leave the scene of violence.

Commuters also lamented the absence of commercial vehicles which forced most of them to trek for long distances.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command has debunked reports that two people were killed at Abule Egba on Wednesday in a clash between task force and commercial bus drivers.

The police said five people have been arrested in connection with the clash, while four commercial buses have been impounded.

According to PPRO, Bala Elkana nobody was killed.

He said what happened was that the task force were in the area to enforce illegality by commercial bus drivers who were plying one-way.

Elkana explained that on sighting the task force, some of them drove dangerously to escape and that in the process, a bus conductor, who was hanging on the door fell after the door detached from the bus, adding that the driver of the bus ran away when the conductor fell.

The PPRO said the conductor was taken to the hospital by the task force and that he is still alive and responding to treatment.

According to him, some of the bus drivers mobilised thugs, telling them that the task force had killed their members.

He said some of the task force members were injured by the hoodlums and that the situation had been brought under control.