A leader of the National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo,
who was stabbed in the neck last Tuesday, is responding well to treatment and
may be discharged soon.
The unionist was stabbed at a
rally organised by the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Ikeja.
He was taken to nearby Eko
Hospital, after he was injured in the fracas that erupted among rival gangs of
the NURTW at the APC rally.
But on Saturday, a reporter who monitored activities at the hospital where Mr Akinsanya was being
treated learnt from well-wishers who were at the hospital to visit him that he
was out of danger and may be discharged soon.
The expression on the faces of
many of the visitors, who are mostly members of the Oshodi Chapter of the
NURTW, turned from apprehension to relief as they walked out of the hospital.
Many of them loudly described how fit he looked.
The visitors were allowed into
the hospital in small groups by a man that appears to be a lieutenant of the
injured NURTW leader, simply identified as Seun.
A lady who was among those
allowed to see Mr Akinsanya said she was thankful to God that he was okay.
“When we went up he was looking
good, his younger brother’s wife was also there with him upstairs,” she
reported.
A man among the visitors spoke
excitedly after visiting Mr Akinsanya. He suggested the transport union leader
would pay back those who attacked him in the same coin once he returned home.
“There will be trouble now
because the one they thought they have killed did not die. All who did this
will be scared now because they have failed in their mission,” he said in
Yoruba.
Police Protection
Stationed close to the entrance
of the hospital were two police vehicles – a van and a Black Maria – with at
least four armed policemen.
Since the incident last Tuesday,
the police have arrested 16 persons and have declared Mustapha Adekunle aka
Seigo, the alleged mastermind of the attack on Mr Akinsanya, wanted.
The NURTW, apart from being a
transport union, has also been a major source of armed thugs for major
political parties across Nigeria.
In Lagos, members of the union
are closely linked to the ruling party, APC.
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