The delegates’ conferences of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) conducted in Ibadan and Abuja which held simultaneously on the 31st October, 2023 have been nullified by the court. Hon. Justice O.Y. Anuwe, while delivering her judgment in Abuja on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 ordered a fresh and all-inclusive election. The Judge also ruled that all suspensions and query letters against Comrade Lucky Osesua and his team which emanated from NUPENG secretariat and the illegal Chairman Augustine Egbon are null and void. The Court added that the General Secretary of NUPENG,…
Author: Ayodele Bayode
Vows to release incriminating documents to DSS, EFCC One of the stakeholders in the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG in Lagos Zone, Comrade (Otunba) Oyetunde Omisore has given the General Secretary of the Union, Afolabi Olawale, 72 hours within which to resign his position. The ultimatum started from Friday, May 24, 2024. The PTD leader said if Olawale failed to resign, he would expose his alleged illicit financial flows in a petition to the DSS, ICPC, EFCC, Code of Conduct Bureau, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and other security agencies in the country. Otunba Omisore also threatened to…
The National leadership of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has rebuked its General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale for struggling to get a voice in the media, adding that hiding under PENGASSAN will make no difference in redeeming his battered image as the union leader has lost his Integrity and reputation. Speaking on behalf of the Branch, an elder in the PTD Branch of NUPENG in Port Harcourt Zone, Comrade Joseph Dagogo-Jack (JP), during a media briefing on Thursday, May 16, 2024 described as laughable that Afolabi, “who cannot comprehend current union’s…
A member of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG in Kaduna Zone, Comrade (Alhaji) Tajudeen Abubakar has accused the General Secretary of the parent body, Afolabi Olawale to have been responsible for over fourty disruptive lawsuits against the union in the last one year. According to the union leader, the lawsuits had grounded both operational and administrative activities in NUPENG leading to employee turnover with many branches opting out of its fold. He equally expressed worry that NUPENG has now gone beggarly, having resorted to soliciting money from every Tom, Dick, and Harry to put in TVs, chairs,…
The National Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG, Comrade Lucky Osesua and his Deputy, Comrade Dayyabu Garga have congratulated Muslims especially their members in the Union on the conclusion of the Ramadan fast. In their jointly signed Sallah message to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period, the tanker drivers’ leaders stressed the importance of putting the virtues of Islam into practice beyond the fasting season. While congratulating their members who are Muslims on completing “this spiritually significant month of sacrifice,” the Chairman and his deputy urged them to reflect on the importance of Ramadan in…
Ahead imminent probe by the anti graft agent (EFCC) and the DSS into the bank accounts of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), it’s executives, as well as Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), a leader in the Union, Comrade Benibo Okorie has urged the General Secretary of NUPENG, Afolabi Olawale to openly declare and publish his asset alongside his bank statements in the last five years. Okorie said by doing so Afolabi would be seen to have demonstrated his leadership position and role as a trade unionist who is showing discontent for corruption both in character and principles,…
