May Day: Electricity Workers' March Past Display Goes Awry

Typically, May Day celebrations in Nigeria are complemented by march pasts by different labour groups or unions.

Today, Monday, May 1, 2023, an unexpected drama occurred at the Lekan Salami stadium in Ibadan, Oyo State when one of the members of the National Union of Electricity Employees performing the match past in commemoration of Workers’ Day suddenly fell down from the ladder used to illustrate the symbol of the union.

Following perennial reports, Workers’ Day is a yearly event to celebrate the efforts of workers in Nigeria. 

However, according to eyewitness reports, all the affiliated unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress were called one after the other for the yearly match past by the compere.

“When it’s the turn of NUEE, they brought a ladder, arrange it and one of them climb it up demonstrating how they normal disconnected electricity supply.

“As he was doing that, in the presence of the state governor, Seyi Makinde, and others eulogising him, the ladder suddenly broke into two and he fell down.

“As we speak, I don’t know his whereabouts. But they quickly rescued him and took him away,” the eyewitness stressed.