The National Secretariat of the NUJ has approved the indefinite suspension of five members of the union in the Kwara chapter.
The members were alleged to have engaged in forgery
of official document, anti-union activities and outright disregard to constituted authority.
This information was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman and Assistant Secretary of the Kwara council of the union, Elder Stephen Oni and Evangelist Albert Asonibare, and made available in Ilorin on Saturday.
The suspended members are Abdullahi Olesin (Leadership newspaper), Hammed Shittu (This day), Mustapha Abubakar, (Daily Trust), Demola Akinyemi (Vanguard), Mohammed Rabiu, (New Nigeria Newspaper), all from the Correspondents’ Chapel.
Akeem Olatidoye was the only one from the Herald chapel in the Kwara council.
The statement noted that the members were suspended for inciting other members of the union against the leadership of the state council.
The group was alleged to have written a letter dissolving the state council of the union, a situation that could have led to the breakdown of law and order in the state.
The National President of NUJ, Malam Muhammed Garuba, had directed the Kwara council to drag the suspended members before the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee to answer charges of incitement and forgery.
The statement enjoined other members of the union in the state to remain calm and disregard any form of intimidation and blackmail.