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Petroleum Tanker Drivers Begin Nationwide Protest Over NUPENG Leadership

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) is facing a potential split as the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) threaten to leave the union if its President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, do not resign.

 

 

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In a statement made available to newsmen over the weekend, an ex-official of the PTD from Ibadan depot, Gbenga Olawale, announced that members would begin a nationwide protest to demand the resignations of the NUPENG leaders.

Olawale alleged that the current President, Akporeha, was not a member of NUPENG and had been drafted into the union to contest the election, a development he said was against the union’s constitution.

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He also accused Akporeha of planting surrogates to collect union revenue. The PTD has called for a fresh election and has pledged support for Lucky Osusan and Dayyabu Garga to be the new NUPENG President and General Secretary, respectively.

“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.

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According to Olawale, the decision to back Osusan and Garga was made due to their immense sacrifices in ensuring their members were not subjected to extortion.

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