LG funds: Osun APC alerts DSS, Police over alleged Labour protest against commercial bank
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the police and other statutory security services in the state to be wary of a protest planned by the leadership of the state chapter of the Joint Labour Movement.
The Party noted that the movement under the directive of (Dr) Christopher A. Arapasopo, the state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC); Comrade Bimbo Fasaasi, the state chairman of the Trade Union Congress(TUC) and Comrade Lekan Adediran, the state chairman of the Joint Public Service negotiating Council(JPSNC) instructed members to mobilize twenty staff per local government to disrupt the activities of commercial bank branches in Osogbo on Tuesday, 24th of March, 2026.
This was contained in a statement signed by the APC Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi.
The Party alleged that part of the plot is to picket the Bank, kidnap recalcitrant workers and disrupt commercial activities in the branches of the bank.
The state read in part, “Information also has it that the state government which is the facilitator and sponsor of the destructive protest to the particular commercial bank branches in Osogbo has provided the wherewithal like logistics for the planned protest.”
“It is worrisome and disheartening that the leadership of the Osun State Joint Labour Movement could make itself readily available as a willing tool in the hands of desperate politicians.”
“There’s no plausible reason under the sun why the Joint Labour Movement should continue to make itself a laughing stock in the estimation of the right-thinking members of the society by even contemplating any protest over the autonomy granted the local government councils nationwide by the Supreme Court judgement.”
“It would do the labour union a lot of good if its leadership can put on their thinking cap and prioritise the actions and inactions that would promote peace in the state.”
“One does not need to be grounded in law to know that the planned picketing of the commercial bank by the Osun State Joint Labour Movement constitutes an act of contempt of court and interference with the judicial process as it risks exerting undue pressure on issues that are squarely within the purview of the judiciary for determination.”
“We are cautioning the Osun State Joint Labour Movement to desist from allowing itself to be used as agents of destruction and breach of the peace and breakdown of law and order.”
“We make bold to say that this planned thoughtless protest is an indication of yet another frustration sterned from deliberate ignorance of the state government over what is lawful and what is merely a political propaganda.”
“The great and good members of the unions are commended for not willingly turning up for such a shameful show as discreet investigation revealed as they are the real professional and seasoned civil servants and are always commended for such.”
“We are, as a party, imploring the police and their sister security agencies in the state to be on standby with a view to making a scape goat out of any disgruntled elements who are planning to disturb the public peace in the state.”
“Parents and guardians should also warn their children and wards to desist from being made willing tools in the hands of the Osun State Joint Labour Movement whose motive is to needlessly disturb the public peace in the state.”
“The security services should know where to beam their searchlight in the event of breakdown of law and order as a result of the thoughtless joint labour protest,” the statement read.