Angry Ogun workers attack lawmaker, destroys car

Striking Ogun workers on Monday unleashed their anger on a lawmaker, Olayiwola Ojodu, when he appeared at the Nigeria Labour Congress headquarters in the state, by attacking him and breaking the rear window of his car.

The workers were being addressed by the state Chairman of the NLC, Akeem Ambali, when the lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the state’s House of Assembly Committee on Works, drove in, and immediately they recognised him.

After the lawmaker delivered a letter to Ambali and was about to enter his car, some of the workers turned violent and attacked him.

The pelted the car with stones and other objects they could lay their hands. Ojodu hurriedly drove off, but the rear window of the car got shattered, before he could leave the NLC premises.

Ojodu, it was gathered, was at the NLC secretariat to deliver a letter of appreciation in furtherance to earlier meetings between the House and the leadership of the striking workers, last week.

When contacted on the phone, Ojodu said he was at the Secretariat to deliver the letter as requested by
the workers, but declined to comment further on the incident.

He said, “I don’t want to talk because we are looking for peace and not trouble. The House of Assembly is intervening and what they demanded is what I came to give them. They demanded a letter and that is what I came to give them, the letter is with them and they will read and reveal the content.”