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 recuperating at a Lagos hospital and is likely to be discharged soon.
A Premium Times reporter who monitored activities at the hospital where MC Oluomo 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
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
The NURTW, apart from being a transport union, has also been a major source of armed thugs for major political parties across Nigeria.
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