August 13, (THEWILL) – The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has confirmed the arrest of the National President, Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa and three other officers including General Secretary, Anthony Asogwa Chukudi; Olayi Odion, National Trustee and Principal Assistant Secretary, Abdulrasak Yemi.
The union also confirmed the sealing of the National Secretariat located at Garki 2 Abuja.
Deputy President of the union, Isa Ore, who confirmed the development, said the officers currently being detained at the Wuse Zone 3 Division of the FCT Police Command, were arrested at the premises of the Secretariat on Friday, when armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the secretariat and asked all the occupants to vacate the building.
Isa, who expressed shock over the development, said the union was preparing for the inauguration and swearing-in of the newly elected members of the National Administrative Council when the police arrived and ordered the staff to vacate and seal off the premises.
“We were shocked to see the policemen in their number locking our secretariat without giving them a reason.
“Today, Saturday, we are preparing for the inauguration and swearing of the newly elected National Administrative Council members, but we just saw police, and they asked us to leave the premises. They said it was an order from the above and detained our President and other leaders at Wuse police station.
“I have called the FCT Commissioner of police but he said he was not in town”, he said.
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