The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has sacked Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo as the Lagos chairman.
It also announced Seyi Bankole as the new head of the Lagos chapter.
The NURTW had suspended MC Oluomo before he pulled out from the national body.
The National Administrative Council of the union made this known in a statement titled: ‘Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council.’
The statement was signed by its National President, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa and General Secretary, Alhaji Kabiru Ado Ya’u.
The union said the decision was based on the provisions of the union’s constitution.
“MC Oluomo has been sacked as Lagos chairman. We had a meeting last night. We have replaced him.
“His earlier withdrawal from the union holds no ground. That’s unacceptable to us,” a national officer said.
But reacting to the development, MC Oluomo’s spokesperson, Jimoh Buhari, stated that the sack of his principal was laughable and senseless.
He said that Akinsanya had already pulled out of the union.
In a chat with The Punch, Buhari described the NURTW national president, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa and his executive members as comedians for claiming to sack Akinsanya.
He stated that the purported sack of MC Oluomo has no meaning because the NURTW has already been suspended in Lagos and the state government plans to appoint park managers.
He said, “The so-called sacking of my boss makes no difference. NURTW has already been suspended in Lagos and the state government has said that it would appoint park managers in the state.
“So, the appointment of a new Lagos chairman by NURTW is baseless. The union has already been suspended. Is the union more powerful than the state government? Of course, no.
“Also, my boss (MC Oluomo) already pulled out of the NURTW on March 10, 2022, at a well-publicised press briefing in Agege. So, how would the Baruwa-led Abuja caucus claim it has sacked someone who already dissociated himself from the union? It is like sacking a worker who resigned and left a company after one month. It is laughable and senseless.”
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