5 Detained Labour Leaders Regain Freedom

[Shola Sholaz]

FIVE leaders of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, arrested Friday and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Lagos over alleged prompting of the management of Diamond Bank Plc in connection with protracted industrial dispute between the bank and the union, were yesterday, granted bail by an Igbosere Magistrate court.
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However at the time of this report, the union was making frantic efforts to meet the bail conditions which an official of the union said were on the high side.
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Each of them was asked to pay N200, 000, and provide tax clearance among others.
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The arrested leaders who are executive of the bank's unit of NUBIFIE are Olalekan Adebambo (Chairman), Diamond Bank branch of NUBIFIE), Eniola Ilesanmi (Vice Chairman), Michael Olajide (Secretary) Benjamin Onyia (Treasurer) and Onyeonoro Favour (auditor).

[Folami David]

There is nothing as good as freedom when it comes to this life we're in. I'm happy for them and I hope they change their ways...