There was apprehension in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, following an alleged plot to overthrow and seize control of the leadership of the local chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, ahead the 2015 general elections.
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Chairman of NURTW, Agbor, Mr. Amechi Igunbor, who confirmed the brewing crisis, said same was over an attempt by a political leader to use thugs to unleash mayhem and cause a violent change in the union's leadership.
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According to him, innocent lives were lost in the past because of the violent change of the leadership of the union. He said: "We have through our lawyer, written to the governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, alerting him of the plan to cause unrest in Ika South council."
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He said in the petition to Governor Uduaghan, that thugs had been mobilised to unleash mayhem on parks and offices of NURTW "in order to destabilise our activities and for the state government to dissolve our executive.