The issue the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is having at the moment with the suspended Lagos state Branch Chairman Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo which is negatively affecting the security buildup of the country especially that of Lagos state can only be likened to a proverbial tree branch that has grown bigger that the main tree itself.
MC Oluomo has in many times been accused for insubordination by the national body and doing things that are not in line with the body’s modus operandi and this led to his suspension by the national body. He refused to honour the punishment that was melted on him and refused to step down. He’s quoted to have said that he’d rather go to war with the national body than to step down as the chairman of the Lagos state branch of the NURTW.
The internal crisis amongst the leadership of the NURTW and its members ought not to be the concern of an average Nigerian or even the government but it is not a news that the suspended branch chairman of Lagos state is very powerful and has a lot of manpower at his disposal that are ready forceful enforce his wishes and cause mayhem if need be, he has been using this to threaten the body and the government and this has been causing a lot of security breach in most part of the Lagos state.
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This is so serious that the Commissioner of Police of Lagos state had to make security exigencies for this; The CP ordered for more security beef up in anticipated areas of the mainland of Lagos in which it appears MC Oluomo “manpowered boys” are scattered all over.
The NURTW as a body known for advocating for peace should look for a way to ameliorate the situation and settle their internal crisis instead of dragging the whole country into it and exposing citizens to more security threats.
We know that the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is just an interesting baptismal name for motor park thugs and “agberos” who were able to come under a union to protect their interests, so much was never expected of them but the security threat this their leadership tussle could expose the whole country to should never be taken likely.
This is also a clarion call to Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, if he is really a nationalist and a leader who have been able to transcend from just a roadside and motor park thug to one of the respected figures in Lagos state he should call his boys order to shield their sword and try to obey the directives of the NURTW at the national level, the national level is definitely high above the state level and this should not lead to unnecessary security breach that could lead to loss of lives and properties.