A former Chairman, Oyo State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lateef Akinsola, has declared that he is still the boss of the union, hinging his claim on a court ruling he obtained from a Federal High Court in Ibadan in May 2012.
On Monday, the union held a congress where Taofeek Oyerinde was re-elected as chairman. The event was witnessed by the National President of the union, Najeem Yasin, who was represented by a former Chairman of the NURTW in Kwara State, Musa Ikhalumeh.
But Akinsola insisted in a press release he signed that the exercise was illegal, while also calling on the state governor Abiola Ajimobi to intervene in the matter to ensure the rule of law.
He said, “The swearing-in with the whole exercise was illegal. The whole process was flawed with irregularities. There was no election or proper congress. The 2012 judgment as given by Justice J.E. Shakarho was that ‘the proscription of the NURTW in Oyo State made on June 6, 2011 or any other date and that the order of proscription is hereby set aside’.”
He said although the verdict had not been respected by the union in the state, the ruling nullified Monday’s exercise, calling on the law enforcement agencies and the state governor to show interest in the matter.
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