Operatives of the Department of Security Services (DSS) on Wednesday night stopped members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers from holding its delegate conference, describing it as illegal.
OsunDailyNG had earlier reported that the President of the union, Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa was last week arrested for allegedly importing thugs and armed men into the Federal Capital Territory.
NURTW’s National Secretariat was sealed off also to prevent a breakdown of law and order. They were barred from using the Secretariat for the election.
The union members in an attempt to hold the election away from the attention of the security agencies on Wednesday converged in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
The security agencies, however, disrupted the proceedings and everybody including the leaders of the union, ran to avoid being apprehended.
A faction of the union had secured a court order that directed the union to maintain the status quo ante bellum until the applications were heard and determined.
It will be recalled that leaders of the union in Southwest had been at the forefront of agitation against the second-term ambitions of the incumbent president, Alhaji Baruwa, hence a series of court charges pressed to determine his eligibility to stand for election.
