The Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has been sacked by the Nigerian Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN). Hence, the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has been reinstated in their place.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had previously suspended the activities of RTEAN in Lagos, and appointed a 24-member committee, including ‘MC Oluomo’, as chairman of the parks management committee.
The judge ruled that the setting up of a parks and management committee by the Lagos State government was illegal. The court, also barred the state government from further interfering in the operations of the union’s executive.
The judge held the state government and the police accountable for not intervening, arresting and prosecuting those behind any fracas involving union members and not inquiring into the dispute.
The judge also ordered the police to refrain from intimidating the RTEAN officers, remove all barricades it imposed around their secretariat and grant them unfettered access to their offices.