A Spokesman for the Chairman of the National Union of the
Road Transport Workers in Lagos State has denied reports that his principal,
Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, was sponsoring violent attacks against the
#EndSARS protesters.
MC Oluomo’s Spokesman, Jimoh Buhari, said this during a chat
with PUNCH on Thursday.
He said, “We have no hand in the attacks. People should stop
accusing us wrongly. Were the thugs wearing NURTW uniforms? Is MC Oluomo
holding a political office? He has no hand in the case.”
Buhari told our correspondent that members of the union were
also victims of police extortion and it would therefore be unwise of them to
thwart a protest that seeks to bring an end to police brutality.
A member of the NURTW, however disclosed that the
heavy traffic caused by the protesters was affecting their livelihoods.
He said, “On a normal day, I do 10 trips. Since these
protests started, I have had to reduce my trips to five. It is worse that we
are burning fuel and our buses are not operating at full capacity because of
the COVID-19 protocol.
“Long hours in traffic cause fuel to burn faster and we are
losing money due to no fault of ours. So, some boys decided that it was time to
get these protesters off the roads.”
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