The killing of the organising secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya, renewed public attention on a long history of violent attacks involving transport union leaders and members in Lagos. His death heightened tension in the area and revived concerns about the relationship between transport union politics and electoral violence. Police later arrested four suspects and alleged that the attack was connected to impending transport union elections. The incident reinforced concerns about the recurring overlap between transport union disputes and political activities in Lagos. The succession of killings involving transport union figures across Lagos reflects a persistent pattern of violence surrounding the state’s transport union politics.