Tokyo denies forceful take-over

The court-reinstated chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Oyo State council, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (a.k.a. Tokyo), has denied media report, (not THE PUNCH) that he forcibly took over power from his predecessor, Chief James Ojewunmi.

Akinsola, in a statement made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, the state capital, on Monday said he was “committed to democracy and social justice.”


He claimed that he was a democrat who had never forced himself into any office, especially within the drivers’ union.


The NURTW boss explained that Ojewunmi left office as Oyo NURTW Chairman in 1993 after serving in that capacity for 12 years.


He said he served as the former chairman’s deputy before he later handed over the union to him “in a peaceful atmosphere, after a keenly contested election.”


Akinsola added that on assumption of office, the executive council led by him deemed it fit to pay a stipulated monthly allowance to Ojewunmi and that the former chairman’s commercial buses were also given priority at all motor parks at the discretion of the executives.


He then wondered why the octogenarian would turn around to re-write history of the NURTW by accusing him of being ambitious to lead the union.

Posted: at 14-06-2011 12:33 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Noted but they should their problems themselves.

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Posted: at 14-06-2011 02:07 PM (13 years ago) | Hero

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Posted: at 14-06-2011 02:32 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac