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The Oyo State
governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has warned the state’s chairman of the
proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lateef
Akinsola Oluwatoki (aka Tokyo), against embarking on any act that could
disrupt the peace of the state.

The governor made this known in a release from the office of his chief press secretary, Abraham Ojo, on Wednesday.

He expressed
disgust at the threat posed by Mr. Akinsola, the recently reinstated
chairman of the drivers’ union, in a letter sent to traditional rulers
and political figures within the state on the 30th of August. The
governor said that the chairman will face the full wrath of the law if
he fails to heed the advice, adding that the union remains proscribed
in the state.

“For the avoidance
of doubt, the union remains proscribed by the state government
following the spate of violence unleashed by the leadership of the
union, leading to wanton destruction of property and unwarranted fear
by the residents. The circumstances leading to proscription of the
NURTW are very well known to all the well meaning people of the state,”
the release stated.

The governor also
considered as an affront to the constituted authority and disrespect to
the rule of law, the recent threat by Tokyo to take over the parks “at
all cost.”

Tokyo had alleged
that the appointment of park managers to take over the collection of
fees for the 33 local governments chairmen at motor park within their
jurisdictions was a crafty way of ceding the parks to his archrival,
Lateef Salako (aka Elewe-Omo), whose loyalists are claimed to populate
the men used for the job.

Tokyo, therefore,
threatened to use force to get back the parks, but the statement from
the governor yesterday promised to visit his threat with the “full
wrath of the law” if carried out.

The governor also
warned Tokyo that he will be held responsible for any breakdown of law
and order in the transport sector of the state, “as all the security
agencies will not shirk in their responsibility in dealing
appropriately with any one that foments trouble.”

Meanwhile, one of
the senior loyal members to Elewe-Omo in the state NURTW, Mukaila
Lamidi, on Wednesday, said his group has fully complied with the
proscription order of the governor since its pronouncement some weeks
back.

He debunked the allegation that the park managers employed by the
local government to collect park fees are members loyal to his boss.