CP threatens to deal with Ekiti drivers over breach of peace

The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Mr. Olayinka Balogun, has issued 72-hour ultimatum to the two transport unions in the state to resolve the crisis among their members.

The CP gave the ultimatum on Tuesday during a peace meeting at the Police Headquarters to resolve the lingering crisis between members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria.

There has been lingering crisis between the two unions over the control of motor parks and routes being plied by their members.

Balogun also appealed to the two warring unions to desist from disturbing the peace of the people of the state, saying that failure to comply with the directive would result in police crackdown on them.

He warned that they should not allow themselves to be used as thugs by desperate politicians in the forthcoming elections on the grounds that the police would deal ruthlessly with anybody or group who might want to disrupt the elections.

He said, “What we are doing here is to ensure that the lives and property of our people are secured. We are not going to go against the law, so to prevent further breakdown of law and order, you should embrace the rotational system, so you will now go and draw the timetable of how you are going to be plying those roads pending the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment on the matter.”