Aggrieved Petroleum Tanker Drivers protest in Warri over election issues

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Some aggrieved members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, Warri zonal office in Delta state yesterday, took to the streets to protest an alleged move by the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, to impose a new leadership on them in their coming election.

This was as some members of the group who spoke on behalf of their members lamented series of unfair treatments against them, noting that they want a change and that the forthcoming elections should be conducted according to preexisting laws.

Speaking with Newsmen, Sunday Ezeocha, Alex Unuagba and Ohvwofasa Ojevwe who spoke in similar terms, said the election should be held in Abuja and conducted with the Petroleum Tanker Drivers byelaws as protesters who carried placards with various inscriptions marched through some major streets, insisting that they would not allow interference in its body.

Some of the placards read: use PTD bye-law for our election”,” Allow us to make our choice”,” We have suffered enough”,”We say No to tyranny in PTD affairs”,” Tanker drivers are suffering” and “Stop interfering in PTD ‘s amicable affairs”.

Meanwhile, the Warri Zonal office Chairman of NUPENG, Chief Innocent Iyere who spoke to newsmen for NUPENG said he would take their complaints to the appropriate authorities for action.

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