Soldiers deployed for the Osun governorship election have arrested the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Worker, Oroki Branch, in Osogbo, Kazeem Oyewale.

Mr Oyewale, notoriously known as Asiri Eniba, was arrested alongside some armed political hoodlums at Ojurin motor park, Old Garage, Osogbo, on Friday. 

It was gathered that Mr Oyewale was immediately handed over to the police. 

Some residents of Osogbo who witnessed the arrest said that Mr Oyewale and the thugs were caught with two guns, cutlasses and Indian hemp.

According to the residents, the soldiers fired several warning gunshots into the air when some other thugs wanted to attack them.

One of the eye witnesses who did not want his name mentioned said: “The soldiers came with a hilux and one hummer bus. They went straight to where Asiri and his boys were. The soldiers took strategic position and surrounded the building where Asiri and his boys were.

“Some of them went inside and we were hearing noises. They later marched out Asiri and like five of his boys. Two of the boys were with guns.

“When the soldiers were matching them into the bus, some thugs were throwing stones at the soldiers and that forced them to be shooting sporadically. The gunshots were much,” he added. 

A security source told The Gazette that Mr Oyewale and his boys have been behind several violent attacks in the state ahead of the election.

As at the time of this report, Mr Oyewale and the other arrested thugs were being paraded at the Nigerian Police Headquarters in Osogbo.