This was contained in a statement titled, GET YOUR PVC, signed by the union president, Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa on Friday.

The union directed all the state chairmen to ensure that all the union members in their respective States get their PVC to enable them to exercise their franchise in the 2023 general elections.

The statement read: “the union plays very important role in the nation’s electoral process being in partnership with Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

It is, therefore, imperative that members of the union should participate actively and effectively in electing credible leaders that will determine the fate of teeming members of the union particularly and the entire nation generally.

“Consequently, all the state councils are hereby directed to ensure that members of the union, their families and friends across the 36 states, all the 774 local government councils, take advantage of the extension the continuous voters registration exercise to obtain their permanent voters card to enable them vote for candidates of their choice in the coming elections.”

He directed that all the state chairmen should ensure that all members of the union in their state carry out the directive.

Details of his sack was confirmed in a statement signed by its National President, Tajudeen Baruwa and General Secretary, Kabiru Ado Ya’u.

The union said Oluomo was sacked based on the provisions of the union’s constitution.

Part of the statement read, “MC Oluomo has been sacked as Lagos chairman. We had a meeting on Monday night and we have replaced him.

“His earlier withdrawal from the union holds no ground. That is unacceptable to us.”

The Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale, made this known during a media briefing, on Friday, at the assembly in Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had, on Thursday, announced the suspension of all the NURTW activities in the state with immediate effect. This followed the suspension of the Lagos chapter chairman of the union, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, by the union’s national headquarters.

Adewale noted that full implementation of the parking policy would solve the perennial problem of traffic congestion to a large extent and ensure improved road safety in the state

According to NAN, Adewale stated that with the recent suspension of the union and further take-over of the motor parks, the days of indiscriminate parking of commercial vehicles along major roads in the metropolis were numbered.

He said, “The Lagos State Parking Policy has been designed to decongest traffic and address climate change challenges.  The policy, which is created under the Transportation Reform Law, was to create job opportunities and generate revenue for the state through issuance of parking tickets to defaulters.” Adewale noted that the state had to take charge of the situation created by the crisis rocking the NURTW to avoid a breakdown of law and order.

He said by law, the LSPA should have a General Manager with responsibility to manage the parks at the moment.

MC Oluomo is accused of insubordination and misconduct bordering on inciting members of the union against the national body.

The decision was taken after a query was sent to MC Oluomo over alleged meddlesomenes in Union matters, as well as a protest staged by his supporters during which they accused the union at national level of unnecessarily interfering in the state affairs.

In a letter signed by the general secretary of the NURTW, Kabiru Yau, the NURTW boss was accused of incitement to violence and planning attacks on branches that refuse to obey his order of not accepting directives from the national headquarters of the union.

The national body of the union directed MC Oluomo to immediately hand over the mantle of leadership to his deputy chairman and release all property belonging to the transport body in his possession to State Secretary, in a bid to avoid any leadership vacuum in the state.

It’s reads: This is to convey to you that in line with Article 42 section 5, subsection I, II, III, IV, V, and VIII of the union’s constitution, you have been placed on indefinite suspension from office as State Chairman of Lagos State Council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) with effect from March 9th, 2021.Your suspension is sequel to sustained acts of insubordination and gross misconduct coupled with your clandestine plans to instigate crisis and unleash mayhem on any branch or branches of the union in Lagos state that refuses to obey your order or instructions not to accept directives from the national headquarters of the Union.Your orchestrated plan to attack branches that may disobey your orders aforesaid will ultimately endanger public peace and order in Lagos state. It is also very likely to threaten and/or affect the lives and property of the peace-loving people of Lagos state, particularly those doing their legitimate businesses within motor parks, hence the urgent need to take drastic actions against him.It is on record that you were earlier issued with queries on 25th of February 2022 and 3rd of March, 2022 respectively in which you were directed to explain the circumstances surrounding your untoward actions and to also show cause why disciplinary actions should not be taken against you for such acts of insubordination. You bluntly neglected/refuse to respond to the second query, while your response to the first query was unsatisfactory.In view of your suspension, you are hereby directed to hand over the mantle of leadership of the Lagos State Council to the State Deputy Chairman and also surrender all Union properties in your possession to the State Secretary of the Union forthwith.

Channels TV reports that Ekpo who was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress was at a rally organized by the party at Oriade Local Development Area when the gunmen invaded the rally on Thursday, July 8 and shot him dead. Eyewitnesses said a gunshot was heard from the crowd outside while the meeting was on, forcing residents involved at the rally to scamper to safety. The report states that when those inside the hall rushed to the scene, Kayode was found in the pool of his blood.

Confirming the incident, Jimoh Buhari, spokesperson of the NURTW Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, said the deceased was trying to protect a fellow politician when he was killed.

Jimoh said “He was protecting a fellow politician, Wale Yusuf, from harassment when the gunmen shot him dead”

The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr Doyin Odebowale, also ordered the NURTW members to immediately vacate all motor parks across the state.

The government described the clash as unruly and uncultured behaviour of the union leaders which resulted in violent attacks on members and innocent citizens.

The government, however, said the indefinite suspension did not affect the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria who comported themselves in a peaceful manner.

The refreshments were conveyed in a white van to the Alausa area on Friday afternoon branded ‘Donated by MC Oluomo’.

But the protesters rejected the food and soft drinks, insisting he unleashed hoodlums on them on Thursday despite profuse denials from him in a viral video.

“The mere fact that MC Oluomo had the guts to send us these items after his thugs attacked us on Thursday is disgusting, he can’t placate us with this, we don’t need anything from him, or probably he wants to poison us,” one of the protesters said.

When the protesters realised the items were from MC Oluomo they got angry and pelted the van that brought the drinks with empty plastic bottles, alleging the NURTW boss planned to “poison us”, forcing the driver of the van to quickly zoom off.

The protesters numbering thousands, continued their action at the Lekki Toll Gate where the Moslems, among them, held their Friday Jumat service around 2pm with the Christians and others standing by.

There was tension in many parts of the NURTW unit in Lagos as hundreds of members of the union marched out in protesting a the Lagos State secretariat in Alausa, Lagos State.

The protest came as a result of the decision of the national headquaters of the union to dissolve the state council, and appointing popular Oshodi union member, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo as the caretaker chairman.