Lagos Police to arraign NURTW leader on Friday

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Shamsideen Adio, a National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) leader popularly known as Shameleon, will be arraigned on Friday over the alleged m3rder of a dispatch rider on Lagos Island

Adio, 55, was arrested after reportedly attacking the rider during a scuffle on Tapa Street, Lagos Island, on September 17, 2025. Eyewitnesses said the altercation began when the rider allegedly blocked Adio’s vehicle.

The confrontation quickly turned violent, with Adio allegedly joined by friends and colleagues who brutally beat the rider. A video published online shows Adio punching the victim repeatedly while bystanders watched without intervening.

Witnesses said the rider was hit several times with a helmet and fists until he collapsed. He was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries.

Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Bababseyi Oluseyi confirmed that Adio is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, and will be arraigned on Friday.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has also intervened, demanding justice for the victim. Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, Adewale Adedeji, condemned the killing, calling it “barbaric, shameful, inhuman, and heartbreaking.”

He urged the police to prosecute Adio and his accomplices to the fullest extent of the law and called on the NURTW leadership, led by Alhaji Adekunle Mustapha Seigo, to suspend Adio and dissociate the union from such “lawless behavior.”

“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,” Adedeji stated.

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