Palpable tension has gripped the Ejigbo, Lagos State depot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as two factions of tanker drivers fought over leadership.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the crisis between the tanker drivers started last Thursday but the intervention of the police and other law enforcement agencies prevented a bloodbath between the two factions.
A top police officer at the headquarters of the Lagos Police Command told the Nigerian Tribune “the intervention of our men prevented a serious fight between them.
“We had to station our officers there for two days to forestall the clash between them.”
Meanwhile, Nigerian Tribune gathered that one of the factions in the crisis has threatened to stop the imposition of a caretaker committee at the depot.
A new caretaker committee is expected to be put in place on Monday but some of the drivers have kicked against the imposition of the caretaker committee.
Investigations revealed that the angry drivers have threatened to violently resist any attempt to impose any leadership on them already, they have ignored all entreaties by their leaders to maintain peace insisting that one of their leaders betrayed them by signing a peace accord with both the police, DSS and Zone 2 of the Nigerian Police, Onikan, Lagos and vowed to sanction those leaders.
One of the warring members of the group, who pleaded anonymity said that the police, DSS and Zone 2, police command, Onikan invited one of their former leaders over the week and forced him to sign an undertaking to maintain peace instead of addressing the main issue that is causing the problem at the depot.
“We have two factions of our union. The national body tried to intervene without success. A caretaker committee was appointed and instead of spending three months and giving way for election, they spent almost a year and this is the crux of our complaint.
“Now, the case of our national leadership is in court but the other faction ignored it and perfected plans for the caretaker committee to continue at Ejigbo. This cannot work and we will resist it with the last blood in our veins.
“They have been boasting that they will use money to suppress us but it cannot work. We are the majority. Our former leader that was cajoled to sign a peace agreement under duress has been pleading that we should maintain peace but it cannot work.
“The only way to ensure the maintenance of peace at Ejigbo Depot is for election to be conducted. By so doing, credible officers will be duly elected by the majority and peace will return to Ejigbo Depot.”
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