The Oyo State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Abideen Olajide, popularly called Ejiogbe, has said that the group of Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as Oluomo, is not needed to plead for the Oyo chapter of the NURTW.
Ejiogbe, a national trustee of the NURTW, who was flanked by Comrade Lekan Alesinloye, Alhaji Lateef Bello, and others at a news conference on Thursday in Ibadan, alleged that MC Oluomo and Samuel Kayode Agbeyangi had held meetings with notable members of a political party in Ibadan.
According to Ejiogbe, “These people came to Ibadan and held a series of meetings, one of which was with a chieftain of a particular political party.
“For the record, they are on a sinister mission to create tension across motor parks and cause confusion among the residents of Ibadan and the state in general,” Alhaji Abideen Ejiogbe added.
“We don’t need any illegal group to plead with the Governor to reinstate us in motor parks as union leaders and members. His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, is our own, and we are engaging in discussions while hoping for official recognition of our leadership to support the state’s revenue generation in due course.
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“Those who have lost in court Musiliu Akinsanya and Kayode Agbeyangi who were reported to have stormed Ibadan on Tuesday, are outlawed individuals as far as our union’s leadership is concerned.
“We know ourselves in Oyo State, and our Governor is aware that there is an ongoing court case. Since the purported proscription of NURTW in the state, we have been following all legal avenues to resolve our issues with the state government, and we believe that reason is already prevailing with His Excellency.
“We have been in this struggle for about six years now and have never resorted to self-help but have instead engaged in dialogue with the government. The matter we have in court with the state government is ongoing, and we remain law-abiding citizens, just like our Governor,” Ejiogbe stated.
“His Excellency should not allow these elements to destabilize the peace of our state. What they (Oluomo and his gang) seek is to create further chaos in Ibadan and the state in general.
“We remain committed to Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa’s presidency because he is the de facto president of NURTW in the eyes of the law and by the popular demand of members in the Southwest states and across the entire federation,” Ejiogbe concluded.
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