Court Upholds Baruwa As NURTW President In Landmark Decision

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The National Industrial Court in Abuja has reinstated Tajudeen Baruwa as the duly re-elected president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), effectively dissolving the Tajudeen Agbede-led Caretaker Committee.

The resolution brings an end to the prolonged leadership dispute within the union, with Justice O. O. Oyewumi presiding over the case.

Justice Oyewumi’s verdict affirmed the legitimacy of the delegates’ conference conducted across the union’s six zonal councils on May 24, 2023, where Baruwa secured his re-election for a second term.

Furthermore, the court validated the Quadrennial National Delegates Conference held on August 23, 2023, at Ta’al Hotels in Lafia, Nasarawa State, officially inaugurating Baruwa and other national officers.

The judgment explicitly restricted Najeem Yasin, the former President and current Board of Trustees chairman, from intervening in the daily operations of the union, emphasizing that Yasin’s role should be confined to acting as the board’s chairman.

In a crucial aspect of the ruling, Justice Oyewumi declared the national delegates’ conference held on October 25, 2023, which supposedly witnessed Isa Ore and his National Administrative Council assuming office, as illegal, null, and unconstitutional.

The judge highlighted the absence of evidence indicating a crisis within the union that would justify the ‘doctrine of necessity’ invoked for the establishment of the caretaker committee.

Justice Oyewumi stated, “The National Delegates conference held on October 25, 2024, cannot stand and is therefore declared null and void. Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin is also restrained from interfering in the day-to-day running of the affairs of the union. Though he can act as Chairman of the board of trustees of the union.

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