NARTO Commends Judiciary as court urges NURTW to Vacate Nine Claimed Parks
Umar Abdullahi, Jos
The chairman, National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) Keffi chapter
of Nasarawa state, Alhaji Maiwada Sidi has urged the members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the area to obey court order by vacating
its claimed nine parks in the interest of peace.
Sidi made the call on
Monday when speaking with newsmen in Keffi, Keffi local government area of the
state.
News now recalls that on June 1, the High court 2, Keffi
ordered members of NURTW in the area to vacate nine parks its allegedly
forcefully took over from NARTO.
Sidi commended the Judiciary for being the last hope of a
common man, adding that the judgment in its favour has proved that no man is
above the law.
Sidi said,: “It is was
on September 28th and October 7th, 2016 that members of the NURTW destroyed our
nine parks, destroyed our cars and took over our operational basis and even
harassed, manhandled and beat our members and that is why we reported the
matter to the court.
“It is on this note that on December, 13th, 2016, our lawyer,
Barrister Abel Samuel filed a case before High court 2 Keffi supported with 30
paragraphs affidavit duly sworn by me.
“In summary, after
listening to argument from both sides, the judge, Barr. Samuel Ayiwulu ordered
that the harrassement, beating up and physically manhandling of our members as
well as preventing NARTO from carrying out their lawful activities are
unlawful.
“The Judge also ordered that members of NURTW should vacate
our nine parks and allow our members to carry out lawful activities and awarded
the cost of N50, 000 in favour of NARTO and against the defendant.
“It is in view of
this, I want to call on the member of the NURTW to obey the court ruling and
ordered in the interest of peace as violation of directive from a competent
court of Law is a serious offence in the Nigeria constitution.
The NARTO chairman
urged its members to continue to be law abiding and respect constituted
authorities in the interest of peace and National development.
Also speaking,
Bar.Abel Samuel, who represents NARTO in the court, urged members of the NURTW
to obey the court judgment in the interest of peace and National
development.
“One of the issues we
wanted the court is to determine whether NARTO has the right to operate within
its parks in Keffi and its environs.
“At the end of the day
on June 1,2017, the court gave judgment in NARTO favour as the court judgment was for NURTW to vacate
NARTO operational areas immediately and up till the moment they have not comply
with the court order,” he said.
NARTO Commends Judiciary as court urges NURTW to Vacate Nine Claimed Parks
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