By Fawaz Adebisi
The national president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Baruwa, was arrested by Nigerian police along with three other union officials at the NURTW national secretariat on Friday evening.
This occurred after Baruwa had raised concerns about a planned protest at the union’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The deputy president of the union, Isa Ore, confirmed the arrest but noted that no reason was provided by the police for their actions.
It was gathered that the detained union members, including the general secretary, national trustee, and principal assistant secretary, were being held at the Wuse Zone 3 Police Division.
Ore said , “We were shocked to see the policemen in their number locking our secretariat without giving any reason.
“Today Saturday, we are preparing for the inauguration and swearing-in of the newly elected National Administrative Council members, but we just saw police and they asked us to leave the premises.
“They said it was an order from the above, and they have detained our president and other leaders at Wuse Police Station.”
He therefore he had called the FCT Commissioner of Police but, unfortunately, wasn’t available.
