NURTW crisis: Baruwa’s lawyer seeks MC Oluomo’s arrest, demands enforcement of court rulings

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The legal team of Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa has called for the arrest of Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, and the enforcement of court rulings recognising Baruwa as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Baruwa’s counsel, Tolu Babaleye, said his client was lawfully elected and had secured judgments from the National Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal affirming his leadership.

He alleged that despite the rulings, enforcement had been delayed for over two years, prompting Baruwa to take possession of the union’s national secretariat on Monday.

He stated, “On Monday, 23rd March 2026, Comrade Baruwa, exercising his lawful rights, moved into the NURTW National Office and took over peacefully. There was no resistance. There was no violence. This was not an act of thuggery; it was an act of legal self-help born out of the frustration of a man whose rights have been trampled upon despite possessing valid court judgments. Punch