If you are one of those peddling the wrong information on the purported death of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Treasurer, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, then get ready to face prosecution if caught.
A statement from the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) signed by its spokesman, Taofiq Adebayo, reiterated that the latest rumour about Oluomo’s death circulating on social media is not true. According to him, the agency’s chairman, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), confirmed that Akinsanya is not dead as being speculated but recuperating at the Eko Hospital, where he is receiving treatment.
He added that the rumoured death of the NURTW leader by miscreants was to foment trouble and cause panic around Oshodi and other major motor parks in Lagos. “The agency would continue the use of patrol vans and power-bikes to patrol around all nooks and cranny of the entire Oshodi area to forestall any possibility of breakdown of law and order.”
He urged members of the public not to be panic and be going about their lawful businesses around Oshodi and other parts of the state.Also, chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area, Idris Muse-Ariyoh, said Akinsanya would soon to return home. He said: “There is no problem in Oshodi. Anyone trying to cause mayhem will be dealt with in accordance with the law. It is a rumour that there is a crisis in Oshodi. Oshodi is peaceful. People are going about their normal duties without panic.”