Lagos House Of Assembly Reacts To NURTW, Dispatch Rider Death

DEATH OF DISPATCH RIDER: POLICE MUST ENSURE EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF CULPRITS

My attention has been drawn to a video that has been in circulation since Thursday, September 18, 2025 showing how a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Shamsideen Adio, and his associates snuffed life out of a dispatch rider in the The incident reportedly happened on Tapa Street, Lagos Island.

The video further showed that even when the dispatch rider became unconscious and efforts were made to resuscitate him, the said Shamsideen continued to attack the victim. For whatever he may have done, the attack remains condemnable.

As the Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation at the Lagos State House of Assembly, I stand to say that the action by Shamsideen is not only barbaric, shameful, inhuman and heartbreaking, he must be prosecuted to a logical end by the police.

The NURTW to which Shamsideen belongs, should be a professional union and does not deserve members who are lawless, do not see their fellow beings as humans enough or who think that their actions should be overlooked.

How does one assault his fellow being to the extent of snuffing life out of him without considering that this is a person who has the same rights and privileges like him?

We can just imagine a dispatch rider who left home to earn a living for himself not returning home because somebody who thinks he is above the law decided to take his life.

This is an act that must be condemned by every well-meaning Nigerian. The sanctity of human life has no alternative and no human being can be more superior than the other.

Shamsideen’s case must be handled to serve as a lesson to others like him who do not value life. His friends who joined in the assault should also be brought to book.

I commend the police in Lagos for acting swiftly in this regard and arresting the main suspect. However, Lagosians want to see that the culprits face the legal consequence of their action. Whatever is the result of the legal action, Lagosians and the likes of Shamsideen will know that nobody has the right to take the life of another person no matter who the person is.

I also call on the Leadership of NURTW in Lagos State headed by Alhaji Adekunle Mustapha Seigo, to immediately suspend Shamsideen and dissociate the union while the police continues with their investigations and actions.

This incident is an eye-opener to the officials of the NURTW for the need for continous and proper education /enlightenment of members going forward.

Signed:
Hon. Adewale Temitope Adedeji, OON
Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation.