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The Apapa branch of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has threatened a legal action against the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) if it fails to stop its personnel from extorting its members inside the Tin-Can Island Port.
Alleging extortions by officials of the NPA and the Nigeria Police deployed at the port, the Vice Chairman of RTEAN Lagos State, Mr. AdeolaAdeyemi, told told news menthat there are about eight extortion points inside the port mounted by officials of both organizations.
Adeyemi, who is a truck owner and Vice Chairman of the Council of Maritime Truck Owners Association (COMTUA), also said that between Anyman Canteen and Tin-Can Second gate, a total of N84,000 is extorted from each truck on a daily basis.
There is palpable tension around Lagos metropolis over the decision of members of the Ilana Omo Oodua, a secessionist group, to stage a mega rally in the state today.
Members of the group had said the mega rally would be held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota.
A Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, also said the rally should go ahead, contrary to his earlier interview on Thursday when he announced the suspension of the event, hours after security operatives led by the Department of State Service (DSS), raided his Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.
MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs.
Views: Visits 5 By Godwin Oritse MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs. The truck owners, who spoke as members of Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations, COMTUA, and concerned stakeholders, said implementation of the e-Call-Up system is exposed to sabotage. COMTUA is made up of truck owners in the Nigerian maritime sector. The associations include the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN; National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW; Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO; Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and Corporate Fleet Owners.