The Obidient Movement on Friday, October 3, demanded the arrest and prosecution of Adekunle Mustapha, popularly known as Sego, the Lagos State chairman of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers, for allegedly threatening to kill anyone who votes against the All Progressives Congress in 2027.
The movement said the comments, captured in a viral video, were not only dangerous but a continuation of what it described as desperate tactics by the APC, which it accused of lacking the popular support to win free and fair elections in Lagos.
In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Tanko Yunusa, the group declared:
“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 movement recalled what it described as the bloody violence unleashed on voters during the 2023 elections, where thugs linked to the NURTW allegedly targeted supporters of Peter Obi and the Labour Party in Lagos, leading to deaths and injuries.
According to Yunusa, such threats highlight the ruling party’s desperation.
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“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,” he said.
The statement further accused the NURTW of normalising violence and criminality in Lagos politics, saying acts of murder, thuggery, extortion and political intimidation had become entrenched in its operations.
The movement therefore urged President Bola Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the DSS, Police, Military and other security agencies to act swiftly.
“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 stated.
He also called on the international community to take note.
“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,” Yunusa added.