Thugs loyal to NURTW chairman, MC Oluomo attack Abuja NUJ secretariat, destroy properties, injure scores
The premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council Secretariat was on Thursday thrown into tension as hoodlums allegedly Logan to MC Oluomo the NURTW newly elected chairman on Thursday located at Utako, Abuja.
The group of hoodlums who were allegedly loyal to the embattled Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo attacked a group under the aegis of Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) an affiliate of National Union of Roads Transport Workers (NURTW) at the venue.
It was gathered that the group hired the main hall of the secretariat for their official inauguration of the organisation and were in the hall when a group of thugs wearing caps with the portrait photograph of MC Oluomo invaded the hall and disrupted the event violently.
FUSION CHRONICLES NIGERIA NEWSPAPER gathered that when the thugs led by a man identified as Segun Aluwaye who claimed to be the chairman of Berger Park forced the main gate of the NUJ Secretariat open and unleashed terror on the government officials, guests and participants, while many sustained varying degrees of injuries in the process.
Sahara Reporters reported that the attackers were brandishing dangerous weapons such as machetes, knives, bottles and sticks chased out the participants in the hall as they destroyed cameras, chairs, tables, fans and other valuable items.
It was gathered that the attackers arrived at the premises of the Secretariat to carry out the terror shortly after the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, who was the special guest of honour left the venue of the event. People were seen running in different directions scurrying for safety.
Some of the security agents including Nigerian police, Department of State Service(DSS) and Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) invited for the event were and staff of the NUJ were not spared in the attack.
The Chairman of the association, Comrade, Prince Israel Ade Adeshola, expressed displeasure and described the incident as unfortunate.
“We are at the NUJ Secretariat today to inaugurate our association Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN). In the cause of the event, some miscreants stormed the venue of the event with cutlasses, dager, knives and other dangerous weapons and chased all the dignitaries and invited guests out of the hall while they injured many of our members.
“They were wearing face caps bearing Oluomo pictures and destroyed many items.”
Israel said the inauguration of the association was aimed at combating and eradicating rampant cases of “One Chance” in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and keeping accurate data of conductors.
They also attacked security agents including police, DSS operatives and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO). They chased people into different offices and injured them.”
As the time of filing this report if there was any arrest but police vehicles have been stationed in front of the Secretariat to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
The association had vowed to take necessary action against the attack and further called on President Bola Tinubu and all security agencies to call MC Oluomo and his thugs to order. 
