By George Omagbemi Sylvester
Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, is once again at the centre of a storm after reports emerged that he was allegedly escorted by soldiers and other security personnel to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) national secretariat in Abuja, despite an existing court-backed leadership dispute. The report surfaced on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, intensifying public concern over whether state force is being used to settle what should remain a legal and civil matter.
The deeper issue is not merely MC Oluomo’s presence at the secretariat, but the symbolism of armed state backing in a contested leadership crisis. Court rulings previously affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the recognised NURTW president, with earlier reporting showing that Baruwa’s camp had relied on both the National Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal in its claim to legitimacy.
When court judgments appear powerless before political influence, democracy itself is diminished. The controversy now goes beyond transport union politics; it has become a test of whether law in Nigeria still commands more authority than power, connections, and force. If these reports are accurate, then what Nigerians are witnessing is not just a union struggle, but a disturbing portrait of institutional weakness and selective enforcement.
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