Police Hold Tajudeen Baruwa Over Attempt To Enforce Court Judgement Against Tinubu Protege MC Oluomo In Takeover Of NURTW Secretariat
The police in Abuja have arrested Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa after he led members of his faction to take over the National Secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supporter, MC Oluomo.
Sources online said a Baruwa supporter was shot by police in the ensuing confusion.
The attempted takeover came following a ruling by the National Industrial Court which, on March 12, ordered MC Oluomo to vacate the office of the union’s president and directed Baruwa to assume leadership of the union.
Security sources confirmed that Baruwa and his supporters had moved to enforce the court order when law enforcement agents intervened, leading to his arrest.
Details of the incident remain sketchy as of press time, but tensions are high at the secretariat located in Abuja.
Efforts to reach spokespersons for the police and the NURTW factions were unsuccessful as of filing this report.
