The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) has denied reports that its members plan to shut down petrol stations as well as the country’s oil production facilities as part of the ongoing protest against police brutality.
The NUPENG National President, Comrade Williams Eniredonana Akporeha and General Secretary, Comrade Olawale Afolabi, disclosed in a joint statement that the union supports Nigerian youths’ protest against police brutality and call for immediate and far reaching Police reforms.
They however said that no organ of the union has ordered shutting down of fuel stations or oil installations.
“NUPENG stands with Nigerian youths against Police brutality and call for immediate and far reaching Police reforms as our members are as well victims of Police brutality and abuses through extortion, detention, harassment and intimidation nationwide.
Meanwhile, no organ of our union has ordered shutting down of fuel stations or oil installations,” the statement concluded.