The Lagos State Parks Administrator (LSPA) Caretaker Committee has alleged threats to life and intimidation of transport union members following the suspension of Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) activities in Lagos State.

It also bemoaned the alleged police invitation of its members in Lagos to Abuja over the RTEAN crisis despite the dispute having been submitted to the National Industrial Court, Ikoyi for adjudication.

The committee urged aggrieved persons to respect the courts and maintain the status quo pending judgment.

It made the plea during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ordered the immediate suspension of RTEAN activities in Lagos State due to a power tussle among factional RTEAN members which claimed one life at Iyana-Iba in Ojo Local Government (LGA) on October 15, 2022.

The state government, later in October, set up a 35-man caretaker committee, called the Lagos State Parks Administrator Caretaker Committee, chaired by the Oniba of Iba-Ekun, Oba Sulaiman Adeshina Raji, with Oluseyi Bamgbose as Vice Chairman, to oversee the union’s activities.

Comrade Bamgbose and other executive members of the committee said they had reviewed the previous administration led by Alhaji Musa Muhammed for, according to them, over 14 years as State Chairman.

In their view, Alhaji Muhammed owed them some answers about his tenure.

Some Hausa leaders of the members of the union, including Alhaji Umar Katagun and Alh Ahmed Muhamed Bala, said peace, unity, progress, and financial stability had returned to the union since the committee took over. (The Nation)

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