Pensioners split over N200m unremitted check-off dues

The pensioners said Omezi’s tenure had expired, adding that he has no right to demand or receive funds on behalf of their branch.

They said: “Please, be informed that Mr. Sunday Omezi is no longer the National Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, as he claimed. His tenure expired on July 17, 2022. He is, therefore, an impostor by claiming to be the National Chairman of the branch.

“The NUP cannot, therefore, continue to pay the monthly dues to the defunct Exco, led by Comrade Sunday Omezi, having expended his tenure of office. While we prepared to hold an election in July 2022, the same Comrade Sunday Omezi and his team took the NUP to court to fraudulently obtain an injunction against the holding of the election after he and his team collected N9.6 million to conduct the election.

“As we speak, the matter is still pending at the National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja. How then do you adjudicate over a matter that is pending in court?

“His action is, therefore, an affront to our collective sensibilities as members of the Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch and an affront to the institution of Judiciary. Comrade Sunday Omezi should stop parading himself as the National Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Branch henceforth, until a new election is held to fill the vacant positions or he would be charged with contempt of court.”