The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has dismissed allegations that he failed to fulfil the financial promise he made to some Nollywood actors who campaigned in President Bola Tinubu’s 2023 election campaign.
Naijaonpoint reports that some Nollywood stars, including Fatai Adetayo (Lalude), Ronke Oshodi-Oke, and Ganiu Nafiu (Alapini), have accused the NURTW boss of failing to pay them during the Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s campaign.
However, speaking during an interview with broadcaster and film producer, Kola Olootu, which was posted on YouTube on Friday, Oluomo described the allegations as false and misleading.
MC Oluomo stated that he had no reason to deny anyone their entitlements, insisting that he had spent millions of naira accommodating and supporting the entertainers.
He said, “I saw all their allegation videos, but I did not respond to them. All I know is that we did Tinubu’s campaign together, and anyone among them who did not get something out of the campaign should come out and say it.
“Nobody gave me money; I used my money to fund the campaign for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because Tinubu is next to God and my mother in my life.
“I booked 140 hotel rooms for them during the campaign and paid ₦45,000 per room every day. I gave them money every day till the end of the campaign, and they spent two to three months in the hotel. Wouldn’t someone who spent ten days lodged in a hotel and did not get any monetary gain have left?
“They even organised a birthday party for me. I came back from the U.S., and people told me that I should visit them in their hotel. When I got there, they surprised me with a birthday party.”
Speaking on his long-standing disagreement with former NURTW National President, Tajudeen Baruwa, MC Oluomo explained that while the former once supported his rise within the union, their relationship later broke down despite several reconciliation efforts.
He said, “Baruwa is my boss. When I wanted to become the state chairman, he was the one that installed and swore me in. He was the national president at that time. Along the line, we had a disagreement, but the governor tried to resolve the issue. The chief of staff and popular fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, were at the meeting. I prostrated before Baruwa that day. But the following week afterwards, Baruwa invited us to Abuja and said the governor had no say in the union’s affairs. The next thing he did was to suspend me.”
Oluomo added that Baruwa also failed to attend reconciliation meetings called by the Nigeria Labour Congress to resolve the crisis.
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