Musiliu Akinsanya (born 14 March 1975) popularly known as MC Oluomo was the head of the Lagos state branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.[1][2] He is regarded as Lagos state's richest and most illustrious thug agbero.[3][4][5]
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| Born | Musiliu Akinsanya 14 March 1975 Oshodi, Lagos |
MC Oluomo was born in Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria. He originally hails from Lagos State. He had primary level of education and dropped out of school because of his father's death. He ran away from home at the age of 13 and started working as a bus driver.[1] He became the head of a motor park in Oshodi and finally rose to become the most influential agbero in Oshodi before he emerged as the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos.[4]
At an All Progressives Congress campaign event in Lagos in 2019, MC Oluomo was stabbed by someone thought to be loyal to the then outgoing Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode whose re-election bid had been thwarted.[6]
Controversies
editOn 25 February 2023, in a series of videos on social media during the 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Lagos, Nigeria Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) was accused of allegedly intimidating and preventing the Igbo people from voting Peter Obi at his polling unit.[7] also, for allegedly using (agbero) to disrupt the Nigerian presidential election in lagos.[8]
Personal life
editMC Oluomo has three wives and nine children.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Wo ǹkan tó yẹ kí o mọ̀ nípa MC Oluomo àti ìdí tí ọ̀pọ̀ ṣe gbàgbọ́ pé alágbára ni". BBC News Yorùbá (in Yoruba). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Wetin we know about MC Oluomo plan to release 'Service to Humanity' book". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "MC Oluomo you didn't know". Daily Trust. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Exaltation of an area boy: MC Oluomo and the rest of us". Punch Newspapers. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "MC Oluomo is Coming For Us All – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Egbas, Jude (9 January 2019). "This is the full story of how MC Oluomo was stabbed with a poisoned knife at Lagos APC campaign rally". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Uchechukwu, Oghenekevwe (25 February 2023). "MC Oluomo caught on camera intimidating, discriminating against non-indigenes of Lagos". The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Busari, Biodun (26 February 2023). "Police react to alleged MC Oluomo's viral video threatening Igbos". Vanguard. Retrieved 26 February 2023.