The leadership of the Lagos State Park Management Committee has announced plans to launch a violent protest against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in response to the union issue, which has once again alarmed the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
Comrade Anthony Chukwudi Asogwa, the union’s general secretary, revealed this in a statement.
He claimed that according to the intelligence report made available to the union, some members of the Lagos State Park Management Committee have worked out a plan to gather some hoodlums and thugs from the state and take them to Abuja, the capital of the country, on Tuesday, August 5, 2023, where they will stage a violent protest and cause trouble in the name of the union.
Asogwa said the plan was to make the hoodlums wear the uniform of the union and disguise as members and unleash terror on the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
According to him, “We want to notify the security agencies and general public the plot by some leaders of Lagos State Park Management Committee to hire thugs from Lagos to stage a protest against the leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the crisis in the union.
“We have it on good authority that they are on their way to Abuja with the aim of causing confusion and crisis in the city.
“We are using this medium to call on the Nigerian Police Force , Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to rise up to the occasion and deal decisively with anybody who is planning to cause a crisis in the name of the union in the city.
“We wish to state clearly that they are not representing our union and we are not party to such a protest . We are law abiding citizens and our members will not descend so low to cause confusion and breakdown of law and order.”
The national secretariat of the NURTW was violently taken over by some members of Park Management Committee from South West when they attacked the National President, Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, members of National Administrative Council and staff despite the presence of armed policemen deployed to maintain law and order.
The situation forced the Nigeria Labour Congress to issue a 48 hours ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun to order his officers to vacate the premises of the secretariat noting that the action was tantamount to a coup against a democratically elected President of the union.
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