PTD Exposes Oladiti's Manipulations, Says His Desperation Of Becoming NUPENG President Has Destroyed The Union

The National leadership crisis within the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTP) Branch of NUPENG has escalated further on Sunday, December 29, 2024 as the chieftain of the oil and gas union described the former national chairman of the Branch, Otunba Salimon Akanni Oladiti as a treacherous, selfish and manipulative union leader driven by greed. 

In a fresh media engagement at Eko Hotel and Suites, Comrade Kolade Fadahunsi-Ojelabi an elder from Lagos Zone of the PTD Branch of NUPENG, said Oladiti was only thinking about how he would become the next President of NUPENG and his desperation and inordinate ambition has weakened the strength of the Union, and has almost destroyed the legacy of the founding fathers of PTD and that of his predecessors.

Fadahunsi-Ojelabi who held a similar press conference earlier in December (Saturday, December 7, 2024) at Transcorp hotel, Abuja, said Oladiti should be put to check before he completely run PTD aground with his "evil machinations".

He also chronicled how Oladiti has been exploiting the Union since he started at the Unit level of PTD in Ibadan. He added that it was high time PTD was allowed to breathe and that the impostor, Augustine Egbon cannot deliver the mandate of true and genuine leaders of PTD like Comrade Lucky Osesua, Comrade Dayyabu Garga, Comrade (Chief) Peter Moudebelu (ONWA), Comrade (Dr) Humble Obinna Power, Comrade Olabisi Akinlolu and others in that legitimate and acceptable camp.

Oladiti was shapely lambasted for what the Tanker Drivers described as ‘demonic manipulations’ and lack of empathy and love for the drivers on wheels and Unit Executives.

"Oladiti has become the problem of this union PTD right from day one, because if you check his history: it was from Assistant Secretary to Secretary; from Secretary to Vice Chairman and then boom; he took over as Chairman. He never wanted anyone to rule successfully after him and that was why when Lamidi took over from him as Unit Chairman in Ibadan Unit, Lamidi only managed to finish one tenure, he chased him out of that office.

"When Solomon Kilanko took over he didn't allow Kilanko to have peace he chased Kilanko out also and replaced him with Baba Agba. Baba Agba couldn't espouse anything significant until he finished his tenure. Thereafter, Comrade Olabisi Akinlolu "Baba Iyesi" took over at Lagos Zonal Chairman, there was no peace for him also as Oladiti subsequently put his surrogate as the Chairman of Lagos Zone, Saheed Gbolahan Adigun who he sees as his favorite boy, meanwhile Baba Iyesi was just six months into his second tenure as Zonal Chairman.

"Saheed and Oladiti are birds of a feather characterised with demonic manipulations. Let me take us down the memory lane, right from the time of John Osai to Tijani Zuberu, Osai never troubled Zuberu at all, after handing over to Tijani; Tijani finished his tenure and handed over to Timothy Ogbu, Tijani never troubled Timothy for a moment; when Timothy handed over to Oladiti, he never gave him issues, however Oladiti who acted like a despot never allowed Timothy and Tijani assess to the PTD secretariat especially Timothy.

"Now Oladiti after doing almost 9 years in office doesn't want to go, he still wants to be fully in charge, such that the union money will continue to come to his personal pocket, all in the name of becoming the National President of NUPENG after Williams Akporeha. Oladiti always prefers to have a stooge as National Chairman of PTD, someone he can remotely control under his whims and caprice.

"Augustine Egbon was Comrade Osesua's National Vice Chairman until the enemies of PTD planned a palace coup to remove the real men and put their stooges and surrogates to actualise their evil plans. If not God that exposed Oladiti his plan was to remain a live President of PTD but that never worked out. When he attempted it he saw that no one was with him.

"The joy of everyone now is that God has opened the eyes of all PetroleumTanker Drivers and they can now see the evil Oladiti plotted against us. They can now see how he destroyed the unity and strength of PTD by selling it out to NUPENG because of his own selfish interests and inordinate ambition. God will judge him. This cannot continue, PTD is not his private estate or personal inheritance.

"He has finished his tenure, and as custom demands, he should hand over all the Union's assets and bank cheque booklets to his 1st Deputy National Chairman Comrade Lucky Osighe Osesua from Warri Zone. Oladiti should allow PTD to stand alone and independently and as well breathe with ease. I also found joy now that our people are becoming smarter and intelligent everyday and they are beating Oladiti and his ilk to their wicked games and exposing their manipulations and evil plans against PTD as a Branch.

"May God grant PTD victory over evil and allow Comrade Osesua to remain in power as PTD national chairman so that the core mandates and agenda of Tanker Drivers can be actualized in the nick of time and for the benefit of all. I also wish all Tanker Drivers a prosperous 2025 in good health and sound mind as they continue to traverse the length and breadth of Nigeria in the supply and distribution of petroleum products," Fadahunsi-Ojelabi stated.