The Lagos State branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers wrote to Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, requesting that he look into the actions of people it described as unscrupulous elements harassing its members.
The letter, dated October 28, 2022, stated that the union was under extreme pressure to bring to the governor’s urgent attention the dishonest activities of some criminal elements who were posing as community youths along the Lekki Free Trade Zone road, Eleko Ibeju, Lekki, under the name of Indigenous Unity Forum.
The group said that the teenagers had been harassing and extorting money from NUPENG/PTD members who drive petroleum trucks on the highway.
The organization, which threatened to cease operations if their situation was not improved, said that its primary goal was to assist Lagos State and the country at large in the effective and efficient distribution of petroleum products for industrial and domestic usage.
Part of the declaration read, “We have no other duty and obligation than to demand that your Excellency should as matter of urgency put a final stop to the unwholesome activities of these criminals and similar elements across the State, otherwise we would have no other options than to direct our members, that, for the sake of safety to their lives and properties, to stay off the entire Lagos State until sanity, law and order are restored.”
