Nigeria, March 9 -- One person has been shot dead in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in a lingering fight between two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).

The victim, well known as "China" but whose real name is Ademola Adegoyegun, was gunned down by suspected members of a rival faction at Old Garage area of the city centre in the early hours of Tuesday.

Although he is said not a driver, he holds a membership of the union and had been in the forefront of the skirmishes over the leadership of the union in the state.

Two factions of the union had been engaged in a free for all, in an internal struggle over who controls the union's leadership.

They earlier fought at Owode area on Sunday, cursing serious injuri...