The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, on Tuesday took possession of the union’s national secretariat in Abuja following an earlier takeover by a rival faction.
According to a video posted by TVC on X, Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, visited the secretariat to assess damaged property after regaining control of the facility.
The development comes hours after a faction led by Tajudeen Baruwa occupied the secretariat on Monday, citing court rulings said to be in his favour.
Speaking to journalists after taking control, Baruwa insisted that his actions were backed by valid court judgments.
“Their body language has not been encouraging despite repeated assurance that we are not going back to foment any trouble, as we are a law-abiding union whose only mission is to get back what belongs to us,” he said.
“But today, as you can see, we are taking over in a peaceful manner, and it is not a forceful takeover but just carrying out the court’s orders,” he added.
Baruwa said the union had formally notified the police, attaching copies of the judgments to facilitate the recovery of the secretariat, but claimed the response was not encouraging.
