The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to withdraw from the oil union unless NUPENG’s National President, Williams Akporeha, and its General Secretary, Olawale Afolabi, resign from their positions.JAMB Result

In a statement issued in Abuja and jointly signed by Gbenga Olawale and Adekunle Rufai of PTD, Ibadan Depot, the tanker drivers expressed their dissatisfaction with the leadership of NUPENG. They alleged that Akporeha lacked the required competence to lead the union as he was not a member of the oil union.NYSC PORTAL

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According to them, Akporeha was previously employed as a cook in an oil company and was sacked from the company while serving as the national treasurer of NUPENG. They claimed that he was later inserted into the Petrol Station Workers Union of NUPENG to enable him to contest the position of NUPENG President.informationguidenigeria

The tanker drivers also accused Akporeha of planting his surrogates to collect union revenue for their own benefit.JAMB Portal

In response, NUPENG’s General Secretary, Olawale Afolabi, disputed the claims, stating that the faction that issued the statement was not composed of PTD members. He added that the leaders of the faction had been arrested and detained at Kuje prison in Abuja.

“They are not PTD members, their leaders attacked us recently in Abuja and were arrested and jailed in Kuje prison, Abuja, on the orders of the court,” the NUPENG secretary stated.