Society
Agbede’s Candidate Baba Ajilo About To Chicken Out As Tinubu’s Man Oluomo Claims Support From 120 0ut Of 130 Branch Chairmen 24hrs To Lagos NURTW Chair Election
Charles Oyelesi
Everything point to a walkover by Musiliu Akinsanya more popularly known as MC Oluomo about twenty-four (24) hours to the election that determines who succeeds Tajudeen Agbede as the Chairman of the Lagos state chapter of the National Road Transport Workers.
Oluomo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress who is well known as a mobilizer of street support for powerful politician Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is up against Micheal Odugunle(Baba Ajilo), the candidate of outgoing chairman Agbede.
Agbede is fiercely against Oluomo and has thrown up all manners of obstacles against his aspirants but it appears it is all about to come to naught.
After a massive underground campaign, Oluomo as at today openly boasts support from 120 branch chairman out of about 130 and the backing of 12 members of the executive committee in less than 20 ahead of the make or mar election scheduled for Thursday, August 29.
‘’And it’s not empty boast but the reality on ground’’ societynow.ng learned.
Insiders insist to societynow.ng that with the 120 branch chairmen and 12 members of the executive committee members, Oluomo currently boasts of 90% of what it takes to become the Chairman of the Lagos state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.
Societynow.ng learned that Oluomo’s cry out for the Police and Secret Police to take interest in the upcoming election to prevent an outbreak of violence is proving a smart move as he continues to amass support.
Insiders disclosed that with the kind of defeat that looms on election day, there are talks that Baba Ajilo is already contemplating pulling out of the race.
‘’Though Agbede is insisting on seeing it through, Ajilo and his people are already thinking of pulling out in the face of the massive support for Oluomo’’ societynow.ng learned.
Societynow.ng learned that, even, with talks of his opponent considering throwing in the towel before the election, Oluomo has vowed not to rest on his oars until he has achieved his burning ambition of occupying the office of the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the NURTW.
