Barely three days after being elected as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has been sacked by the Court of Appeal.
This dramatic turn of events nullifies his presidency and affirms Tajudeen Baruwa as the rightful president of the union, as ruled by the National Industrial Court on March 11, 2024.
The appeal court ruling upheld the earlier judgment of the National Industrial Court, which had sacked MC Oluomo and reaffirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the legitimate leader of the union.
The three-member panel of the Appeal Court dismissed the appeal filed by MC Oluomo’s faction, declaring it devoid of merit which MC filed after Baruwa had assumed office after a properly conducted election held at the union’s headquarters in Abuja.
“This is an appeal against the judgment/decision of the National Industrial Court Sitting in Abuja, in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/263/2023, delivered on the 11th March, 2024, by Justice O. O. Oyewumi.
“Upon reading the Record of Appeal compiled and transmitted before this court, together with the respective briefs of argument, and after hearing the counsels for the appellants and respondents, it is hereby ordered that:
“This Appeal is devoid of merit, and the same is hereby dismissed,” the Court ruled.
