JUST as reported on Monday by the Nigerian Tribune, Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Monday, banned the activities of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and directed security agencies to dislodge its members from all the motor parks in the state.
Henceforth, the 33 local government areas in the state are to take over the management of the parks, which statutorily belong to them.
The state transport union had been bedevilled with a series of crises over the control of the motor parks, occasioning violent clashes between factions with the resultant loss of life and property, as well as breach of public peace.
The ugly crises in the union had necessitated its proscription by the immediate past administration, with a reversal of the ban at the twilight of that administration.
The decision to have a ban slammed on the union by the new administration in the state was reached at a security council meeting held in the executive chamber of the Governor’s Office. The meeting was attended by heads of the army, immigration, police, civil defence, senior members of the administration and other stakeholders.
In a communique read to newsmen by the governor at the end of the meeting, Senator Ajimobi said the council met to review the recent mayhem unleashed on the state by the feuding factions of the NURTW and noted that the body posed a major security risk to the state.
He said the root of the danger constituted by the union included, among other things, the politicisation of its activities, contending attempts to control the revenue from the parks, alarming access to arms and ammunition, abuse of court processes and ineffective enforcement of the law, violent succession crises and lack of political will of previous administrations to take appropriate decisions as and when necessary.
According to the communique, “security agencies have been directed to arrest all the perpetrators of crimes leading directly or indirectly to the recent mayhem in the state and recover all illegal arms and ammunition.
“The government hereby bans all the activities of the NURTW at the motor parks pending the investigation of the mayhem and prosecution of all the culprits which will be done immediately.
“All the motor parks will be identified by a committee set up by the state government to look into the restructuring and management of the motor parks with a view to preventing violence in future and to generating the much-needed revenue for the development of the state,” the governor said.
The governor assured citizens and residents in the state of the determination of his administration to maintain law and order while promoting peaceful co-existence among all, imploring them to go about their lawful activities without fear of molestation.
He sympathised with victims of the mayhem and their families and prayed that God console them.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police command has invited the factional leaders of the NURTW, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, known as Tokyo and Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, to the command headquarters today, between 8.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m.
In a release signed by the deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Okanlawon, the police threatened to declare the invitees wanted if they refused to appear at the headquarters in Eleyele.
Henceforth, the 33 local government areas in the state are to take over the management of the parks, which statutorily belong to them.
The state transport union had been bedevilled with a series of crises over the control of the motor parks, occasioning violent clashes between factions with the resultant loss of life and property, as well as breach of public peace.
The ugly crises in the union had necessitated its proscription by the immediate past administration, with a reversal of the ban at the twilight of that administration.
The decision to have a ban slammed on the union by the new administration in the state was reached at a security council meeting held in the executive chamber of the Governor’s Office. The meeting was attended by heads of the army, immigration, police, civil defence, senior members of the administration and other stakeholders.
In a communique read to newsmen by the governor at the end of the meeting, Senator Ajimobi said the council met to review the recent mayhem unleashed on the state by the feuding factions of the NURTW and noted that the body posed a major security risk to the state.
He said the root of the danger constituted by the union included, among other things, the politicisation of its activities, contending attempts to control the revenue from the parks, alarming access to arms and ammunition, abuse of court processes and ineffective enforcement of the law, violent succession crises and lack of political will of previous administrations to take appropriate decisions as and when necessary.
According to the communique, “security agencies have been directed to arrest all the perpetrators of crimes leading directly or indirectly to the recent mayhem in the state and recover all illegal arms and ammunition.
“The government hereby bans all the activities of the NURTW at the motor parks pending the investigation of the mayhem and prosecution of all the culprits which will be done immediately.
“All the motor parks will be identified by a committee set up by the state government to look into the restructuring and management of the motor parks with a view to preventing violence in future and to generating the much-needed revenue for the development of the state,” the governor said.
The governor assured citizens and residents in the state of the determination of his administration to maintain law and order while promoting peaceful co-existence among all, imploring them to go about their lawful activities without fear of molestation.
He sympathised with victims of the mayhem and their families and prayed that God console them.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police command has invited the factional leaders of the NURTW, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, known as Tokyo and Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, to the command headquarters today, between 8.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m.
In a release signed by the deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Okanlawon, the police threatened to declare the invitees wanted if they refused to appear at the headquarters in Eleyele.
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