Many persons have reportedly been feared dead as commercial drivers are currently disrupting socio-economic activities in Akure, Ondo State.

Reports say the crisis involved factions of the drivers’ union known as National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in a clash which started around 8 am on Tuesday. .

Sources say the drivers, armed with dangerous weapons, are currently attacking one another and their vehicles as traders and commuters scampered for safety,”

Scores of people were also said to have been injured.

The Ondo State government had last Monday suspended the activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, and NURTW, pointIing out that it was greed that was causing the fight as well as the money sharing formula between the two transport unions.

The government, through the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties, Dr Doyin Odebowale, said the suspension was to allow both unions to meet and settle their differences to prevent violent clashes between them.

According to him, the ticket printed by the Ondo State Internal Revenue Services will be sold to commercial drivers for the sum of N300.

He warned that anybody caught selling any other ticket will be arrested and prosecuted.