The Group of Elders in Lagos State Council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has petitioned Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, assistant inspector-general of Police (IG) in Zone II, and commissioner of Police, alleging that the union President, Tajudeen Baruwa, is trying to cause chaos in the state.
The letter, signed by its Chairman, Samuel Jonah; Secretary Stephen Falusi and three others – Alhaji Alao Adewuyi, Alhaji Alamu Otegbeye and Bola Lemboye – accused Baruwa of running the union as his property without recourse to the constitution.
They wondered why Baruwa would challenge the government by appointing another caretaker committee to run the affairs of the union, when the government had appointed a Park Management Committee.
It reads: “Is that not an invitation to crisis and pandemonium? We know that all motor parks in the state belong to the government, and that NURTW has no private park. Where will his committee work without clashing with the government-appointed Park Monitoring Committee?
“…it will be recalled that Baruwa was nominated from the Ogun State council of our union three years ago and, six months after he assumed office, he created chaos in the union in his home state, leading to the government taking over the parks till today. He did not appoint another committee there, as at the time of writing this report.
“A similar situation happened in Oyo State, where Baruwa did not appoint any caretaker committee to counter the government’s appointed Park Management Committee till date. In Ondo State where the government just took over the running of the motor parks, he did not appoint any committee there to run side by side with the government’s committee. The big question is, why Lagos State now?
“It is said that Baruwa inherited six functioning state councils in Southwest, otherwise known as Zone II, but because of his selfish interest, four of these six states have been taken over by the governments. …sir, their evil plan to breach the peace in Lagos State should not be allowed to materialise.”