The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ondo State chapter, has refuted a media report (not in The Guardian) that it has taken the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to court over N68 billion accumulated gratuities for local council and state pensioners.

The state NUP Secretary, Mr. Akin Sunday, in a statement at the weekend in Akure, said the union would not resort to court cases.

Sunday explained that the state chairman of NUP, Mr. Johnson Osunyemi, was quoted out of context in the report, adding that they would only dialogue with government over the unpaid gratuities and pensions.

“To set the record straight, Ondo State NUP never said it would sue Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu but that it was the joint decision of the South-West NUP that the union at the zonal level might opt for the option of dragging all the state governors in the zone to court over unpaid pensions and gratuities,” the statement stated.