The brand new Chairman of the Nationwide Union of Highway Transport Staff, Tajudeen Baruwa, has known as on President Bola Tinubu and the Inspector Common of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to push his predecessor, Najeem Yasin, to give up the Nationwide Secretariat in keeping with the order of the court docket.
Baruwa made the decision at a press convention in Abuja on Thursday.
The enchantment comes within the wake of the Nationwide Industrial Tribunal judgment delivered by Justice OO Oyewumi, which confirmed Baruwa because the duly re-elected president of the union.
Baruwa, who was represented on the press convention by his lawyer, Tolu Babaleye, disclosed that it was vital for Yasin to obey the court docket order to keep away from a breakdown of legislation and order.
He stated: “We’re conscious of a video on social media wherein Alhaji Najeem Yasin gathered some folks and informed them that the court docket can not do something. I wish to sound a warning that Yasin ought to be conscious that there’s a court docket order stopping him from interfering within the affairs of the union.
“We take this chance to name on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Minister of Justice and the Lawyer Common of the Federation, the Minister of Labor and Employment, the Inspector Common of Police, AIG Zone 7, the FCT Commissioner of Police to present impact to the judgment of the Nationwide Industrial Courtroom recognizing Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as validly and substantively elected President of NURTW.”
The brand new union president, nonetheless, appealed to the union's members to stay calm, including that the related authorities would do the needful to make sure the court docket's compliance.
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