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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria in the state and appoints a 35-man caretaker committee.
This was made known by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, on Thursday.
He noted that the suspension has become imperative following some pockets of violence recorded in Ojo and Lagos Island on Wednesday, adding that a 35- Man Caretaker Committee has been constituted to take over activities of the union henceforth.
“In a bid to fulfill one of the cardinal objectives of the T.H.E.M.E.S developmental agenda of the present administration in Lagos State as it relates to Security and Good Governance, under Traffic Management and Transportation, the Lagos State Government has suspended all activities of RTEAN with immediate effect,” Giwa said.
TheNewsGuru.com recalls that on Wednesday two persons were feared killed during a clash involving factional members of RTEAN in the Iyana Iba and Lagos Island areas of Lagos State.
During the clash on Wednesday, the transport union members were seen in a trending video clip engaging themselves in a free-for-all.
In the video clip seen on social media, the transport union workers were seen fighting themselves with stones, bottles, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons.
Meanwhile. RTEAN said it has suspended one of its Lagos State Vice-Chairmen, Oluwaseyi Bamgbose, popularly known as ‘Student,’ for instigating unrest in the association.
RTEAN National President, Musa Muhammed, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos through the National Publicity Secretary of the union, Abdulrahman Amusan.
The move came a day after different groups within RTEAN clashed in Lagos, leaving several people injured.
Muhammed, also the Lagos State Chairman of RTEAN, said Mr Bamgbose’s recent moves and actions were capable of instigating violence in the Lagos State Council of the association.
He said Bamgbose had on Wednesday organized an illegal protest at the Alausa Secretariat with some disgruntled elements in his efforts to create violence and unrest in the association.
According to him, Bamgbose’s intention was to cause trouble so that the state government would regard the association as uncoordinated and subsequently placed a ban on its activities.
“While (Bamgbose) was organising a protest in Ikeja yesterday, another clash instigated by him was going on at Iyana Iba in the Ojo area so that government would think we are fighting and then take over our operations.
“Bamgbose wants to create an impression that all is not well in the association.
“RTEAN has taken decisive action against him, he has been put on suspension in accordance with the association’s rules and regulations.
“The union is a discipline organisation and will never tolerate or condone any act of violence, especially during this campaign period and elections that are coming. The union cannot afford any act of violence,” Muhammed said.
RTEAN National President asserted that his tenure is still running as the duly elected chairman of the state council and is loved by the majority of members.
He said there was a process to become an officer in the association and anyone who has any aspiration or ambition should wait and follow the due process instead of resorting to violence.
Watch the videos below:
Two reportedly feared dead in Iyaya Iba area of Lagos as workers of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria RTEAN, fight dirty in a battle of supremacy over who will control the new park at Iyana Iba#doggy Mr Ibu #Obidatti023 Kiki Resign Sophie Reno City Boy Arise TV pic.twitter.com/ZL8CAHjpGE
— Lifeissues11 (@AGINAS) September 28, 2022
Serious fight going on at the newly constructed road at iyana-iba underpass. The fight is between the former NURTW and RTEAN. pic.twitter.com/GajjKZvi8L
— adediran omolabake (@Dudumatrix05) September 28, 2022