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Lagos NURTW Chairman Thre+tens To P¥nish Voters Who Reject APC In 2027, Faces DSS Interrogation
The Department of State Services (DSS) has interrogated the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle, popularly called Sego, after he was caught on video warning that those who refuse to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 would face consequences.
In the footage from a recent NURTW meeting, Adekunle declared, “Anyone who refuses to vote for APC or who says he has decided to vote against APC will be dealt with, the person will learn a lesson. If you say you will not listen to us, we too will not agree.”
The DSS summoned him over the remarks. However, in a video released afterwards, Adekunle denied thr+atening anyone and claimed his words were twisted. “I was invited by the DSS, and they asked me about my statements and said someone reported me. I didn’t thr+aten anyone; this is propaganda. I was only talking about our union, and it’s my rivals who misinterpreted me,” he said.
His denial contrasts with the initial video in which he clearly warned voters against rejecting APC.
Concerns over voter intimidation in Lagos are not new. During the 2023 elections, SaharaReporters documented how h++dlums disrupted voting at polling unit 005 in Sangotedo, Lagos, chasing away voters.
Earlier, then-Chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), was filmed threatening residents, “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it doesn’t call for a fight. Iya Chukwudi, if you don’t want to vote for us, stay at home.” The viral video drew widespread condemnation.
In September, SaharaReporters also reported that th¥gs allegedly backed by police officers attacked the team of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s 2023 Lagos governorship candidate.
His photographer was hacked with a machete and left unconscious. “The people that came are th¥gs and they were guarded by the police; they macheted me and left me for d+ad. This is the height of it,” the victim recounted.