Petrol Tanker Drivers Sue NUPENG General Secretary For Violating Court Orders

“Court also ruled that no national executives of PTD including Comrade Lucky Osesua, Comrade Gayyab Garga, Comrade Humble Obinna Power and others should be sacked from office this was flaunted as well and the latest was the kangaroo and illegal unit election which purportedly held at NNPC Port Harcourt refinery. This affront on the judiciary has clearly shown that NUPENG is a lawless organization as currently constituted.

“As we speak there is a monumental crisis in the union over unlawful and illegitimate executives being paraded by NUPENG, Afolabi Olawale, Williams Akporeha and Otunba Salimon Akanni Oladiti and of course their stooges in PTD will soon be kicked out through the instrumentality of the rule of law.”

Condemning the disobedience to the Court order further, Dagogo-Jack added, “Once there is an existing court order, it is binding on all parties concerned. Where they fail, refuse, or neglect to obey the court order, the AGF and the inspector general of Police can bring them to court for contempt, and that is a grievous offense because it undermines the integrity of the court.

“Other contemnors who should be facing contempt suits apart from Afolabi are his surrogates who conducted the election under his unlawful directive are Comrade Solomon Kilanko, Alhaji Dauda Olabisi, Kingsley Ezenwa, Oluchi Chinagorom, Joshep C. Okafor, Stephen Chibueze, Marthais Oteh. Others are Odinaka Nwafor, Chinyere Ukaefu, Alex Stephen, Augustine Ogobiri, Mina Samuel, Mulud Abubakar and Olayiwola Olawale. It is illegal, irresponsible and immoral for anyone to choose and settle for only judgments and rulings that are only favorable to him. That is unacceptable in any civilized society.

“It is a big shame that under a constitutional democracy, an order came from the court, and NUPENG leaders will brazenly violate such an order. It is highly contemptuous for the Union to willfully disobey an order of a court. It is totally wrong for the union to violate such an order and act contrary to do that, which the court has restrained them from doing. NUPENG went so low in another matter in which they were served form 48 and as a result they physically assaulted Court bailiffs”

“Their several despicable steps and actions clearly destabilised the judicial system, otherwise where everybody feels that he’s right and courts are wrong, choosing not to obey the court order is a licence to resort to self-help and the implication could bring anarchy to the nation. It is totally ridiculous for NUPENG to act in such a disgraceful and anarchical manner. They have equally destroyed all the enviable and unique legacies which.late Frank Kokori left behind.

Meanwhile, Dagogo-Jack also berated NUPENG leaders for lack of accountability, decency, probity and transparency in the handling of PTD check off dues, levies and taxes. He called on stakeholders in the industry and anti graft bodies to set up an independent body who will look into the financial records of the Union.

“There is supposed to be a forensic audit to all PTD bank accounts at Unit, Zonal, and National levels of PTD. Many of our members are confused about receiving instructions all the time from the so-called leaders, telling them to pay into different bank accounts not recognized by PTD. We are still surprised at why the General Secretary of NUPENG will make himself one of the signatories to our bank accounts in PTD, obviously it’s a ploy to commit manipulations and fraud at the expense of our hardworking members who have been impoverished over the years. We are appealing to the elders of our union, anti graft agencies and other key stakeholders to expose corruption in our union and deal with anyone found culpable” he said.