President of the National Union
of Road Transport Workers NURTW, Alhaji Najeem Yasin, has summoned members of
the State Administrative Council (SAC) to an emergency meeting in Abuja.
He spoke on Thursday in reaction
to the fracas that occurred at the All Progressives Congress (APC) event in
Lagos on Tuesday.
During the melee, the union’s
state Treasurer Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) was stabbed.
Already, the Police had declared
Mustapha Adekunle aka Sego wanted for “attempting to disrupt the rally” held at
the Skypower Grounds, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ikeja.
But Yasin stated that the union
would unravel the role played by all members of the union mentioned in
connection with the violence “and whoever that is found wanting or involved
directly or indirectly will be dealt with in accordance with the union’s
constitution.”
“This is to get to the root of
the violence in which some members of the union were mentioned as active
participants”.
Yasin said, members of the union,
as Nigerians are free to belong to any party, stressing, however, that they
should be careful not to drag the name of the union into partisan politics.
“Our union, NURTW, is not
affiliated to any party. We are an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC). Our members are free to belong to any party of their choice. Members who
attend political rallies do so on a personal note and not in the name of the
union,” he added.
NURTW assured citizens that its
leadership will not allow anyone or group of persons to drag its name in the
mud.
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