Court affirms Baruwa as NURTW president, declares Agbede’s caretaker committee illegal

Court affirms Baruwa as NURTW president, declares Agbede’s caretaker committee illegal

A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as validly elected president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)

It also declared as illegal the Tajudeen Agbede-led Caretaker Committee.

Justice Otebola Oyewumi restrained the former President of the union, Najeem Yasin, who was also the Chairman Board of Trustees from interfering in the day to day running of the affairs of the union. She held that Najeem could act as chairman of the board.

The presiding judge while delivering her judgment on the leadership crisis rocking the union held that the Zonal Delegates Conference across the six zonal councils of the union held on 24th May 2023 where Baruwa emerged as president for a second term in office was valid.

The court also validated the Quadrennial National Delegate Conference held on August 23, 2023 at Ta’aL Hotels Lafia, Nasarawa State, where the president and other national officers emerged and inaugurated.

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Oyewumi declared as illegal, null and void and unconstitutional the national delegates conference held on October 25, 2023 where Acting President Alhaji Isa Ore and his National Administrative Council were said to have emerged.