From YINKA FABOWALE, Ibadan
One and a half years after he was declared wanted by the law, embattled Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (Tokyo) made a surprise public appearance Tuesday last week. He walked into the state Police headquarters at Eleyele, Ibadan, ostensibly to honour an invitation by the Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu.
But, the police chief was away in Abuja and Tokyo was immediately arrested on the orders of Mbu’s deputy to answer charges over pending criminal cases against him. One of these was his alleged complicity in the bloody intra union skirmish that led to the death of many, including innocent members of the public at Iwo Road, Ibadan, shortly after the inauguration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi last year. Another was his alleged sponsorship of some members of the union caught with arms and charms at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway toll gate during the disturbance.
However, the NURTW kingpin was allowed home on bail after interrogation and a night in detention, having also made an undertaking to ensure peace.
Where has he been hiding all this while? Why did he decide to surrender himself at this time? What did he discuss with the police and why did the police let him off so? More importantly, what is his next line of action towards regaining the leadership of the NURTW, which the courts have consistently affirmed, without precipitating another round of violence, which his previous attempts had tended to breed? These were some of the questions Daily Sun took Tokyo up on in an interview shortly after he regained his freedom. His answers are contained in this excerpt:
The manhunt for you has been on for over a year. Why did you just come into the open to surrender yourself now?
First of all, you must know that throughout the incident (fracas) that happened at Iwo Road that led to my being declared wanted, I wasn’t at home. On the fateful day, I was not in Ibadan. I was in Opebi, Lagos at a wedding ceremony to which I was invited. I was there till between 9.30pm and 10.00pm. After I left that party, I went to Durbar Hotel in Ikeja. I slept in the hotel and the next day I went to the graduation ceremony of one of my daughters, who graduated in Law at the Babcock University. Her name is Adijat Kuburat, she is a lawyer. From there I went back to the hotel. The third day I came back to Ibadan. I called the governor (Abiola Ajimobi) to ask why Bolanta (The Police Commissioner then) declared me wanted. You know I was declared wanted without the police having first invited me. There was no invitation, no letter, and no warrant of arrest. Yet, my photographs were pasted at all police stations. When that happened, I reported to important people, I went to the Alaafin, I went to Alhaji (AbdulAzeez) Arisekola and I went to (Bola) Tinubu himself to tell them I knew nothing about it.
Why would the police declare you wanted if they had no clue linking you to the incident?
Thank you very much for that question. It was malice and vendetta because we didn’t support Akala. You will recall that Bolanta was the CP under Akala and his partisanship was not a hidden thing. You will remember he was the one who invaded our secretariat with armed policemen. He was the one who failed to implement the court judgment reinstating me as chairman of the union. So apart from wanting to mess me up, what we heard was that they wanted to use it as an opportunity to create a state of emergency in the state as a pretext to frustrate the new government. Since then, I proceeded to the Federal High Court to protect my fundamental human right – one, that they shouldn’t link me to an offence I did not commit and the court agreed with me and declared they should not tamper with my freedom. When another CP before this one came, they still mentioned my name as being wanted, so, I served on them a contempt of court suit, the CP, who left here to be AIG went to court and swore that he never looked for me. The suit is still pending when the new CP, (Mbu) came. Upon all that, the new CP invited me, only for me to get there and was arrested. They said they were arresting me for some case files I had with them. They took me to Iyaganku State CID and I made a statement to the police. They then detained me in a cell for further investigations. The second day, I was interrogated again. They wanted to know my role in the Iwo Road incident. After that they brought up the issue of some of our people (NURTW members) who were arrested with charms and arms at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway tollgate. And I explained myself that I don’t even own a gun. I am 65 years old, I was born in 1947 and up till now I don’t smoke hemp or use drugs. I am an Alfa, so all the things being ascribed to me were all false. So, when the police saw that I wasn’t involved in any crime, they granted me bail.
Before now, where have you been hiding?
I have always been here in my house. I live in Ibadan and I live in Lagos.
Barely a week ago, Governor Ajimobi raised an alarm of a plot by some politicians and NURTW leaders on the police wanted list to unleash fresh mayhem in the state. How do you react to this?
There is no such thing, because I am still supporting the ACN, because I participated fully in the election of Governor Ajimobi. There is no meeting between I and any political party – PDP, PRP or anything, because late Baba Lam (Adesina) is my father. We are from the same Oluyole Local Government. We both suffered and we were incarcerated together for fighting for democracy during the Abacha regime. I think the problem is that people are misadvising him. They have painted me black before the governor, but he shouldn’t have, listened to them, he shouldn’t have taken it that way, because I was instrumental to his election. They used me and dumped me. I haven’t gained anything from them. If he got such information, he was supposed to have called me to find out the fact, not depend on hearsay.
You are now free, but the governor has banned your union…
(Cuts in) The same Federal High Court had early this year passed judgment lifting the ban. It has said the governor does not have the power to proscribe a union or organization, only the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Attorney General of the Federation have such power.
So you are going to fight to reclaim your union and mandate?
You know after the judgment, the government installed an illegal 14-man Caretaker Committee to take over. (But the governor has denied This is contrary to the court judgment. So now I want my mandate because the judgment of the court should not be set aside. Ajimobi himself is a beneficiary of court judgment. The PDP took him to court over his dual citizenship of Nigeria and America. If they had won, he would not be there (in office) now. But, the court pronounced in his favour and that’s why he remains the governor. So, he should respect the court of law.
The Attorney General of the State challenged the judgment but he failed.
Now the court wrote to the AIG at Osogbo and the CP in Oyo State asking them to execute the judgment. But the illegal Caretaker Committee challenged it and last Monday I won the case. So we’re begging the Commissioner of Police to effect the judgment. We don’t want to go there, unless the authorities say so.
There are speculations that your release on bail was organized by your political sponsorss in your support for future elections. How true is this?
No one is involved, but the Almighty God. When the police arrest you and find you have not committed any crime, they’ll leave you. That is what happened.
A mere look at the picture will tell you what kind of lunatic this one is. I need not read the story because being a member of the ¨agbero¨in the first place makes him a lowlife. He should be locked in a zoo among gorillas his folks.
Our irresponsible leaders create monsters in the name of seeking political offices. This is a typical example of such low life elevated and later become public time bomb. Asiwaju created one in Saula Saka, we know what did before his deeds caught up with him. This is no exception, Ajimobi should be careful not to worsen already bad security we find our selves. people like this should not be find romancing a responsible governor, he shouldbe kept where he belong- prison cell. However, whatever he might have done in the past will be hunting him no matter the level of covering up.
I have known dis tokyo as an evil man through d pages of news papers. His face alond is another thin.may God help us
for 65 year old man to call him self Tokyo that, s to show you how irresponsible he is
He has the face of thug. Original Ibadan thug. The Governor has used him and dumed him. The case of Boko Haram started similarly. They went to ‘work’, for the politicians and now they cannot be controlled. Politicians need to go to jail for using these guys.
Who would want to go to dinner with this monster looking being. He has a daughter? I want to see her picture.
This man tokyo fine o! Even obasanjo and tinubu with their
Their dual carrage way nostrils are model where this man dey.
But,how come u find these kind of faces in d south west,he says he has a daughter!
God pls,don’t let them his children get this kind of face o.
This man doesn’t need to wear masqurade again o!
And I hope his face is not a metafor for conducts n xter.
I rest my case o!.
ifeanyi victor, What of Ojukwu?
Who wan marry this type of monster’s daughter? Na waa o!
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Sorry, I meant metaphor .
I won’t call him a low life. Every child that grows into a cr@#$%!k reflects on the society he grew in. May the good lord save his soul like Taribo West.
Mad man
The man should be kept under close arrest. People of his calibre are misfits in the society, its just a pity that our so called politicians use them before they get to their desired positions which in turn make them uncontrollable after the election. We know the attrocities he committed with Baba Adedibu during his time. His dwelling is supposed to desolate land. GBAM!!!
Tokyo is a PDP’s commander of thuggs and a fugitive.
@ Ifeanyi Victor . There is no need to apologize for your deficiencies in English Language because we all know these to be a label for Igbos from the South Eastern part of Nigeria. Good luck to you guys !
Sometimes i wonder over Nigeria situation, imagine a criminal coming out in public to talk, he claimed not to be in Ibadan during the riot, people fighting for him walk with instruction, did mamad Gadafi go to war field? No. but people are fighting for him. but he was charge with war against humanity, what happen to the innocent soul that died during dis fracas, and he was bold to talk of hotel and dauther graduation, what an Animal. talking about his mandate, If he was innocent why so long to talk. he will die like his colleague ELEWE OMO soon. people like Tokyo need the treament of mustapher…hidden and never to be seen in public,
Hahahahahahh…Me I dey laugh …ooooh,SEE FACE !!!!!
Surely, the wrath of GOD will come upon the children of disobedience. Tokyo cannot claim to be innocent . However, the political class should be blamed for romancing with the thugs called “Agbero”. The fact that TINUBU’s name was mentioned shows that AREA FATHER is in control of AREA BOYS. All in the name of power.Everything that has a begining must have an end. May GOD have mercy on us. Does it mean that an average Nigerian politician cannot win an election by not involving these thugs?.
Even his face Really says he did watever allegations labelled against him wat INSOLLENCE!!POLITICALL POSITION INDEED….
Lawee odua,u must be very stupid.
Did u correct my english or what?
Can u stand me when it comes written or spoken english?.
I made mistake,saw it n corrected it being in a haste n typing wt my phone.
Take ur time to sort my posts out, whenever I have time to come to come here, bc they’re rear n I don’t tnk there are many of u fish heads in sw dt have as much command of written english as I do.
Only God knows how many human head you provide for him? So many of his opponents did you kill to make win?
We have two governments in nigeria. The criminal ones under the unbrella of NURTW and the political ones who used the NURTW to get power. All of the are criminals. Can you just immergined, the security office of the land decleared him wanted, he reported the big men of the land first. Nigeria we hey DE. Police, politicians and NURTW are all criminals.
In as much as I will not want tqo crusify d children of this man, it has been said that the sin of the father shall be visited on the the sons and daughter. For this reason, I don’t even know who to blame. They are same of the same ruining this country
They will tell a thief to go and rub and at the same time call on the police to go and arrest.
Who can totally believe that this man does not smoke and that he does not use charms as claimed?
God will help us in this country.
“God bless this country and bless Nigerian
Lawee Odua,Your brain need to be examine properly as you fail to understand that this man called tokoyo reflect the real way of life of yorubas from the west.Can you identify any different between this man and the rest of yorubas,particularly Obasanjo,tinubu,akala,bode george and co not to talk of tabula rassa like you.Tokoyo is a blessing to yorubas and we pray for such blessing to live with you people.
@ Ifeanyi Victor.
I still stand by my piece above.
Check what you have written again and you claim to be well versed in English language.
“bc”, “n”, “tnk” etc. The list is endless. You are nothing but a disgrace to yourself !
Stop corrupting our youth with your polluted brain full of “Blackberry version” of the English language. I even doubt it if you ever passed English language at WASC “O” Level!
I am miles ahead you in ……..
@ Ifeanyi Victor.
I still stand by my piece above.
Check what you have written again and you claim to be well versed in English language.
“bc”, “n”, “tnk” etc. The list is endless. You are nothing but a disgrace to yourself !
Stop corrupting our youth with your polluted brain full of “Blackberry version” of the English language. I even doubt it if you ever passed English language at WASC “O” Level!
I am miles ahead of you in ……..
You copied my drift?
@ Ifeanyi Victor. Check these out :
“Did u correct my english or what ?”
“being in a haste n typing”
“whenever I have time to come to come here”
“bc they’re rear n ”
“dt have as much command of written english as I do”
Ifeanyi olodo: stay away from here ! Not for boys of your ilk .
Lawee or odua,I can see your stupidity is genetical.
Probably homogenously inherited from both parents.
So ur problems are those invented abbreviations and repetition in d text?.
I wish u were not dis shallow,for ur information I will be coming to UCH ibadan,oncology department for my research work on squamous cell cancers next wk,I don’t knw frm which SW forest u come,hopefully if u’re frm dt axis I will be happy to to know u and u know me.
U can fnd d radiology unit ask of Dr.Ifeanyi Okonkwo.
I will be 35 next year n working strenously for my
professorship.
I have had d misfortune of teaching uneducable pple
Iike u,frm dt area n you know what?
They are as shallow as u,prognostically irredeemable.
Only God knows how many human heads you must have provided for him,how many of his opponents did you and your group kill for?
Tokyo just confirmed that there is agreement between him, the Police and Politicians. He was declared wanted by Police and he was shutling between his house in Ibadan and Lagos. He visited Tinubu in his house when he was declared wanted by the police, probably Tinubu told him not to mind the police and assuring him that nothing will happened to him as long as he is working for ACN. He came out on his own when Gov. Ajumobi cried out that his live is being threaten by those declared wanted by the police and other politicians, Police just detain him for one night and granted him bail, just like that. Tokyo is now demanding for his mandate because he is having the backing of Judiciary, to become Chairman of NURTW in Oyo State so that violence can resume again, afterall he is having the backing of Alaafin of Oyo who received him when he was declared wanted. The three enemies of this country are Police, Politician and members of NURTW/Judiciary.
Ifeanyi OLODO Victor ,
I am not impressed with your ‘Toronto’ resume posted here.
The fact is you are deficient in English language !
35 years old ? You know what they say of two parallel lines?
Weep not my boy !
Take care of yourself ‘BABALAWO IFEANYI VICTOR’
Ta
I am outta here !
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
O unfortunate that judicial pronouncement are being disobeyed by government at various level in Nigeria. If I can have my, I will ask the international communities to stop inviting Nigerian government to any occasion. Whether we like Tokyo or not, judgement reinstating him must be respected.
HMMM POLICE ARRESTED A GORILLA NAMED TOKYO IN IBADAN.THIS GORILLA LOOKING MAN SHOULD BE JAILED FOR BEING THIS UGLY WITH HIS EWEDU FACE AND IJEBU ODE EXPRESS WAYS ON HIS FOREHEAD !
TUFIAKWA YOU ARE JUST AS UGLY AS THE EVIL U COMMIT.SATAN GO EVEN RUN COMMOT FROM HELL IF THIS WAN ARRIVE THERE !
CRIMINALS CAN HIDE BUT THEY CANN’T RUN. HE IS TIRED OF RUNNING AND COVERING UP AND HE LIKES TO REMAIN RELEVANT IN STATE OF OYO. MR. AJIMOBI NEEDS TO BECAREFUL OF RESURCITITATE THE NURTW.CRIMINAL ALWAYS BE CRIMINAL AND HIS HANDS ARE NOT CLEAN FOR MANY ATROCITIES COMITTED IN THE STATE FOR LAST YEAR ELECTION AND AFTER IT.
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Lawal,this forum is not where we come to check whose written English is correct.pls state ure point and stop being stupid.
Tokyo is a real Yoroba man. He is the real specimen of a yoroba individual. Any yoroba person, man or woman that does not look like tokyo is either mixed with another race or is a fake yoroba person.
Tokyo, you re too ugly and scaring, men?
The man is a mob boss and his looks has got nothing to do with his deeds.He is a very deadly man and should be checkmated
This man called Tokyo must have visited a very strong native doctor (either babalawo or iyalawo) before exposing himself to the policemen in the police station.The native doctor must have assured him of his freedom.Hummm!! Okare laye Tokyo, Oogun abẹnu gọngọ.Babalawo rẹ gbiyanju.
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