The Obidient Movement on Friday called on President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies to arrest and prosecute the Lagos State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Adekunle Mustapha, also known as Sego.
The movement demanded Sego’s arrest for allegedly threatening to kill anyone who votes against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State during the 2027 elections.
Reacting to a video showing Sego making the threat, the Obidient Movement described his actions as part of desperate attempts engineered by the APC, arguing that the party lacks the voting strength and popular support to win free and fair elections in Lagos.
In a statement signed by the Movement’s National Coordinator, Tanko Yunusa, the group said:
“The attention of the Obidient Movement has been drawn to comments, well captured on video, by the Lagos State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers Adekunle Mustapha aka Sego.
“In summary, the said Sego, who masquerades as a Labour Union leader, threatened to kill anyone who votes against the APC in Lagos, during the next elections, scheduled for 2027.
“The Obidient Movement recalls with grief and sadness, the violence unleashed by this same NURTW members and other thugs, during the 2023 elections, on Nigerian voters in Lagos, particularly members of the Obidient Movement and supporters of Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party, resulting in the recorded killing and maiming of so many.
“There is no doubt whatsoever that these threats and acts of murder and brigandage are desperate attempts engineered by the APC, realizing that they do not have the voting strength nor popular support to win any elections, free and fair in Lagos, as with generally across the country, having failed to deliver good governance arising from their questionable mandate in the 2023 elections.
“Over the years, actions of murder, thuggery, political violence, extortion and other criminal acts have continued to be associated and even accepted as part of the operation of the NURTW in Lagos.
“We are by this statement calling the attention of President Bola Tinubu, who bears statutory and historical responsibility for this development, the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Police, DSS, Military and all other security agencies to immediately effect the arrest, detention and prosecution of this NURTW Chairman, and all others who have been long involved in the perpetration of these threats, murders and politically related criminal acts.”
Yunusa also called on the international community to take notice of Sego’s threats:
“We are also putting the International Community on notice, of these crimes against humanity and threats to peace in Nigeria, and those legally responsible, by their actions and inactions,” he added.
The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.
