The Chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, will be brought to justice if it is determined that his statement in the viral video the day before the state’s March 18 governorship election violated any laws, according to the state’s deputy governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.
MC Oluomo was heard in the video warning Igbo voters who would not vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to stay home. In the video, the transporter was heard saying, “Iya Chukwudi, if you know you no wan vote for us, siddon for your home o”.
His remarks attracted widespread condemnations which forced him to recant by saying he was exchanging banters with a certain woman called Iya Chukwudi and didn’t mean to threaten non-Yoruba voters.
However, the day of the election witnessed attacks on voters especially non-Yorubas in some areas of the state.
The deputy governor, Hamzat, stated in an interview with Channels TV this morning that MC Oluomo must answer to the law if there is proof pointing to his guilt.
The deputy governor responded when asked if he thought there was justification for the requests to have the APC supporter arrested.
“I’m not calling for the arrest of anybody. I’m not a police officer. I’m not a prosecutor. People will look at the evidence. In the case of MC Oluomo, he has come out to say that he was actually referring to one woman that is Mama Chinedu or something like that. There’s a video that shows that and that woman said, ‘He was talking to me and we’ve been friends or he’s been my customer for years. [She said] that he was talking to her. So, I don’t know the facts, but people should examine the facts and if in truth he has broken the law, of course, he must pay for it. It’s as simple as ABC.”
According to him, it is “very unfortunate” that voters were profiled on election day and that people were not allowed to vote because of what they looked like.
“That’s absolute nonsense. If it happened and there are videos, people should be arrested and prosecuted. That’s the bottom line” he said
Speaking on audio clips of APC executive council members in the state allegedly threatening voters who did not want to vote for the party, Hamzat admitted that some supporters were overzealous.
“Some people take things overboard, which is terrible. I have friends in Alaba Market. I was at Alaba Market and it was fun. There were Igbo APC members. So, for anybody to go and say, ‘Because you’re Igbo, you won’t vote,’ it’s just ridiculous. So, anybody that does that should be prosecuted. Bottomline. If it’s a crime, then people should pay for it. To assume that because someone is from one ethnic group, he’s going to vote one way is stupid,” he said.
See the video below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqU_D-ztyZU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
