By Operations of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State may be suspended indefinitely, following the reported involvement of some members of the union in the recent unrest in the state.
The union’s National President, Tajudeen Baruwa made this known in a statement on Tuesday, while condemning the killings and attacks among some union members and the unrest that led to the death of several persons in the Idumota axis of Lagos last week.
Baruwa noted that the NURTW is not in support of such conduct and dissociated itself from “any act that is capable of promoting spilling of blood and paralysing businesses as witnessed a few days ago in Lagos.”
The NURTW boss, on behalf of the union, tendered an unreserved apology to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Lagosians.
Baruwa said the executive committee members of the state chapter may also be suspended for not being able to manage unions members and coordinate activities under them in Lagos to avoid such violence that painted the image of the transport union wrongly.
While stating that consultations are ongoing for the next line of actions, the president of the transport union sympathized with the families of the people that lost their lives during the incident and prayed to God to give them the fortitude to bear the loss.
Recall that men of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday arrested two Lagos NURTW chieftains, Azeez Lawal popularly called Kunle Poly, and Mustapha Adekunle, better known as Tafa Sego, over their alleged involvement in the recent clashes that rocked the streets of Lagos Island.
