A Spokesman for the Chairman of the National Union of the Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Jimoh Buhari, has denied reports that his pri
A Spokesman for the Chairman of the National Union of the Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Jimoh Buhari, has denied reports that his principal, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, was sponsoring violent attacks against the #EndSARS protesters.
Yesterday, some thugs attempted to attack peaceful #Endsars protesters but they were quickly repelled by the protesters. Earlier today, the thugs regrouped arrived in a government vehicle, the BRT bus and unleashed mayhem on the protesters at the Lagos state house of assembly gate in Ikeja, the state capital, on Thursday.
Across the country, there have been protests calling for the scrapping of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) of the Nigeria police and a reform of the force. The police unit was disbanded, but Nigerians are demanding the prosecution of all police officers involved in the abuse and killing of citizens.
Buhari 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 said 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, admitted 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.”
