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Tanker Drivers Threaten To Break Away From NUPENG Amid Leadership Crisis

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The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have threatened to leave the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), its umbrella body, if its present president, Williams Akporeha, and general secretary, Afoloabi Olawale, do not quit.

In a statement on Sunday, according to NAN, Gbenga Olawale, an ex-officio of the PTD from the Ibadan depot, said their members would begin a nationwide protest to emphasise their demands.

Olawale said Akporeha is not a member of NUPENG and, as such, lacks the competence to lead the union.

He claimed that Akporeha was drafted into the petrol station workers of NUPENG (PSW) to enable him to contest the election as NUPENG president, which was a departure from the NUPENG constitution.

“Williams is not a worker or a pump attendant on record, as at the time he was verifying for the president position,” the statement said.

Olawale also accused Akporeha of planting his surrogates to collect all union revenue that was not used for the development of the association and tanker drivers.

The ex-officio called for a fresh election as members of the PTD have decided to stand with Lucky Osusan and Dayyabu Garga to be the new NUPENG president and general secretary, respectively.

Olawale added that they decided to support Osusan and Garga because they had sacrificed so much to ensure that their members were free from all kinds of extortion.

The statement, therefore, directed PTD members across the country to move with leaves in front of their trucks to serve as a warning to NUPENG and police against interference and incessant harassment of their leaders.

On November 4, Osesua, a former national chair of the PTD, and Garba, his deputy, were remanded in prison over an alleged assault on Akporeha.

The duo were remanded to a correctional centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, by a magistrate in the federal capital territory (FCT).

NUPENG later said there is no faction in its PTD union, thereby denying the possibility of an internal crisis within the association.

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Alleged Fraud: Court Grants Sirika, Daughter, Two Others N100m Bail Each

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A Federal High Court located in Abuja has granted N100 million in bail to Hadi Sirika, a former Minister of Aviation, along with two other individuals and his daughter.

They are on trial for allegedly defrauding the N2.7 billion. The court orders them to submit two further sureties, both of whom must have acquired properties in Abuja.

The court ruled that the sureties had to be law-abiding citizens as well. A means affidavit must be deposed to by the sureties.

The accused were also prohibited by the court from leaving the country without authorization.

Justice Oriji ordered that the defendants should be remanded in prison custody if they failed to meet their bail conditions.

The sureties must own landed properties within the FCT with valid titles. The trial will commence on the 10th, 11th and 20th of June.

 

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JUST IN: Former Aviation Minister, Sirika, Daughter Arrive Court Over N2.7bn Fraud Case [PHOTOS]

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Hadi Sirika, Former Minister of Aviation, alongside his daughter, Fatima have arrived at the Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja where they will be arraigned for an alleged N2.7bn fraud in connection with the botched Nigerian Air project.

Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed six counts on the former minister, his daughter, and two others.

The anti-graft agency accused Sirika of conferring undue advantage on some entities between April 2022 and March 2023 in Abuja.

It added that that embattled minister abused his office by awarding consultancy N1.3bn contract for the Nigerian Air Start-up to Tianero  Nigeria Limited.

 

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46-Yr-Old Man Nabbed For ‘Stealing’ Road Studs On Third Mainland Bridge

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The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) has confirmed the arrest of  one Friday Nwafor for vandalising and stealing road light indicators on the Third Mainland Bridge.

Jubril Gawat, Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s senior special assistant on new media, stated in a post on his X page that the 46-year-old vandal was taken into custody on Tuesday.

Gawat stated that Nwafor was turned over to the police following his discovery of having taken off the road studs from the recently refurbished bridge.

“Officers of the Lagos State Neigbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) apprehended a road infrastructure vandal who was vandalizing the newly constructed 3rd Mainland Bridge road light indicators,” he wrote.

“The suspect was identified as Mr. Friday Nwafor, a 46-year-old male resident of Lagos, who was immediately taken into our custody and handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade.”

Last month, the Lagos police command arrested four suspects for vandalising and stealing armoured cables.

In a post on his X handle, Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in Lagos, posted that the suspects were arrested along Oba Akran road.

Hundeyin said the vandalised armoured cables were installed by the state government for the smart city light-up Lagos project.

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