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The leadership crisis in the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) deepened Wednesday when the drivers took a swipe at the former Chairman of PTD, Otunba Salimon Akanni Oladiti for making ‘inflammatory’ and ‘incendiary” comments against its National Chairman, Comrade Lucky Osesua.
Oladiti was grossly criticized for what the Tanker Drivers described as ‘criminal defamation’ at the official commissioning ceremony of the newly built National Secretariat of NUPENG on December 4, 2024.
In a chat with some selected newsmen at Transcorp hotel in Abuja, Comrade Kolade Fadahunsi-Ojelabi an elder from Lagos Zone of the PTD Branch of NUPENG on Saturday, December 7, 2024, said it was high time Oladiti’s excesses was checked and allowed PTD to breathe and flourish. The Union leader further noted that successive Chairmen of PTD never troubled their successors after their terms lapses, adding that stakeholders across board should call Oladiti and his ilk to order in the overall interest of the Union.
Accordingto Fadahunsi-Ojelabi:
“Gentlemen of the press, thank you for honouring my call, I learned that Otunba Salimon Akanni Oladiti who has finished his 8 or 9 years in office as National Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) was on the podium on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 during the official commissioning of our newly built national secretariat at Jibowu, otherwise known as NUPENG Tower, and was making some incendiary, derogatory and inflammatory comments that are criminally defamatory against Osesua led PTD national leadership. He also went so low by saying Comrade Lucky Osesua, Comrade Dayyabu Garga, Comrade (Chief) Peter Moudebelu (ONWA), Comrade Humble Obinna Power, Olabisi Akinlolu and others have been fighting him while also boasting that he will use his last blood to fight back.
“As far as we are concerned, Comrade Osesua, who is our national chairman is a law abiding leader and his other national executives are also known for their decorous and high moral rectitude, they have disdain for crisis and discord, but are strongly resolved to work against oppression, humiliation, intimidation lack of good welfare package for all PTD members throughout Nigeria no matter whose ox is gored.
“For the purpose of clarity, this Union belongs to everyone and PTD is not a personal business to anybody, so Oladiti and his ilk should be properly guided. This is also a wake up call to all our stakeholders in the Union to intervene and allow lasting peace to reign in PTD.
“Right from the inception of this Branch PTD, this type of crisis has never happened, then, our union was well structured and organized at its various organs at Unit, Zonal and National level. Let me take us down the memory lane, right from the time of John Osai to Tijani Suberu, Osai never trouble Suberu one day, after handing over to Tijani, Tijani finished his tenure he handed over to Timothy Ogbu, Tijani never troubled Timothy one day, when Timothy handed over to Oladiti, he never troubled him, however Oladiti who acted like a despot never allowed Timothy and Tijani assess to the PTD secretariat especially Timothy. Now Oladiti has finished his 9 years in office he never wanted to let go, he still wants to be fully in charge, such that the union money will continue to come to his personal pocket, all in the name of becoming the National President of NUPENG after Williams Akporeha. Oladiti always prefers to have a stooge as National Chairman of PTD, someone he can remotely control under his whims and caprice.
The 78 years old trade unionists continues, “It has become imperative to let the world know that Osesua and his national excos are not fighting Oladiti, Oladiti is the one fighting God’s ordained people in PTD and anyone fighting anyone ordained by God has given himself out to be destroyed by God. Oladiti said he will use his last blood to fight Osesua and others so be it, he has only started a journey of self destruction and he personally put himself under that curse with his mouth, too bad for him.
“We all wonder and keep asking the question, is Oladiti still contesting for PTD national championship post? What exactly is his problem? He served his two terms, and today he is NUPENG national Trustee, a signatory to NUPENG bank accounts, why can’t he let the hook off PTD and allow us to breathe? I have never seen this type of greed, covetousness and desperation in life. This man is shameless and has lost every honor left in him. PTD made him, yet he still wants to continue and milk the Union and destroy the union, this will never happen by the power of God Almighty.
“It’s a big shame that Oladiti will not allow PTD to run its affairs independently without any undue interference. Today all our members across the 4 zones in the country have been impoverished, non of them can boast of N10,000 in a week despite their commitment and loyalty to the PTD, the Units, Zones and the National levels have all been decimated and conquered by one sit-tight despot, this unfair and wicked treatment cannot be allowed to continue, enough is enough, we need a breather in PTD, Oladiti should allow us to be.
“Another thing that is most annoying is that he has brought in nepotism and tribalism to PTD, all he does now is to keep bringing his family members, and kinsmen from Ibadan and putting them in key positions in PTD, especially in Lagos Zone. He is known for saying PTD belongs to Yoruba people and has largely discriminated against other tribes. According to what we were told he said he will keep bringing his so-called loyalists to the PTD so that when it’s time for him to contest the NUPENG presidential election it will be an easy ride for him, see how a mere mortal is thinking, behaving as if he is God.
“This is the same man who will go to church and start telling lies on the pulpit, the truth is that he can’t deceive God, this man has consistently committed sacrilege and God will surely judge him accordingly. He has done a lot of evil things to PTD, he will be using the name of God as a buffer to hoodwink everybody this is ridiculous and distasteful. He has failed and God will disgrace and expose him. Osesua is our God-ordained National Chairman as of today and nothing can change that and we thank God for the judiciary and our law enforcement agencies for consistently playing their roles as the last of the common man .” Kolade Fadahunsi-Ojelabi stated.
