Aggrieved members of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have raised the alarm over alleged continued harassment, intimidation, and maltreatment of selected members by the General Secretary of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), in connivance with the Nigeria Police Force, by trying to manipulate their electoral agreements, bylaws, and incite public disorder.
They also alleged that top officials of NUPENG and the police are out to thwart the judgement of the National Industrial Court, Bayelsa State division, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In a petition to the Minister of Police Affairs, Federal Secretariat Complex and copied to all relevant agencies, including the Presidency, the aggrieved members lamented that there are desperate moves by a faction of the union to thwart and manipulate the forthcoming election in their favour using the police. They, therefore, called on the minister and other spirited and relevant agencies to help secure justice for them.
In the petition signed by Ikechukwu Okpalaelechi of the Indepth Legal Consults, the aggrieved members stated that before the delegates conference in 2022, one Godwin Ewhrudjakpor, a member of PTD from Warri Zone, Delta State, challenged the membership of Lucky Osesua in PTD, but when the delegates conference that followed in June the same year at Ibadan was held, Osesua participated and won the election as the National Chairman of PTD-extraction.
According to the petitioners, in delivering the judgement, the court, among others, affirmed that Osesua is a member of PTD, yet it nullified the election and dissolved the National Executive Council of PTD formed as a result of the said election, which was held in Ibadan.
