NURTW Chairman Docked For Vandalizing Tinubu's Billboards In Powerful PDP State

NURTW Chairman Docked For Vandalizing Tinubu's Billboards In Powerful PDP State

  • The leader of the proscribed NURTW in Oyo state, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, has been charged to court for vandalizing Bola Tinubu and other APC candidates' billboards in the state
  • The transport union leader is facing 6-count charges bothering on the willful vandalization of billboards of APC candidates in Igbo-Ora and Ido area in Ibadan
  • Auxiliary is dragged to court by the state commissioner of police on behalf of the government

PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy!

Ibadan, Oyo - Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary, the leader of the proscribed national union of road transport workers (NURTW) in Oyo state, has been docked for vandalising campaign billboards of Bola Tinubu, The Nation reported.

Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Oyo state is controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Read also

2023 Election: Tinubu hits at PDP, says Delta state not ATM for migratory politicians

Bola Tinubu/APC/PDP/Auxiliary/Oyo State/2023 Presidential election
Oyo state NURTW chairman docked for destroying Tinubu's billboards Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Twitter

Latest about Bola Tinubu, APC, Auxiliary, 2023 election, PDP, Oyo state

Auxiliary is accused of destroying Tinubu and other APC campaign billboards in the state.

PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app!

The charge sheet indicated that Auxilliary is facing a 6-count charge bothering on the willful destruction of billboards of the APC candidates in the Igbo-Ora and Ido area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

The transport union leader is being charged in court by the state's commissioner of police on behalf of the government.

Why APC drag NURTW leader to court in Oyo state

The Oyo state chapter of the APC has consistently complained about the activities of thugs suspected to be working for Auxiliary in the state.

His supporters have also been accused of attacking APC stalwarts at different times in the state capital, Ibadan.

Read also

2 dead, 1 injured as Bauchi commissioner is involved in auto crash, cause of accident revealed

The transport union leader is still being expected in court as of the time of writing this report.

APC’s Tinubu campaign kick-off: 4 symbolic references associated with M.K.O Abiola’s June 12, 1993 election

Legit.ng earlier reported that as the 2023 presidential election gets closer, the APC kick off its campaign in Jos, the Plateau state capital on Tuesday.

Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, was part and parcel of the June 12, 1993 election that was adjudged as the freest and fair in Nigeria's history, even though it was annulled by Ibrahim Babangida.

30 years after, Tinubu is contesting for Nigeria's president and some of the significant things that played out in the M.K.O Abiola’s 1993 election have begun to unfold in Tinubu's campaign.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
Bada Yusuf avatar

Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng