Nigeria, March 19 -- Two persons have been feared dead and a dozen others injured as rival transport unions engaged each other in a battle for the control of parks and garages in Abeokuta and environs.

The violent confrontations, on Monday, saw members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at Lafenwa, the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and another, engage each other in a fierce battle over which group should have access to the parks and garages.

It was learnt that at Ita-Osin, Obantoko and Odeda parks, where the clash was said to be profound, stones, broken bottles, machetes and wooden objects were freely used against one another.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that two persons, whose identities are y...