JUSUN warns Osun judicial officials against protesting and picketing
The national body of the Judicial Officers Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has warned the union’s Osun State chapter against picketing, protests and boycotts of duty.
The Osun State Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo, said he never instructed the members to protest amid the ongoing crisis between him and the state government.
JUSUN stressed that its members should not participate in any form of “illegal picketing, protests, or employment boycotts.”
The national body of judicial officers issued the warning in a circular signed by Vice President Emmanuel Abioye (Acting President), a copy of which was made available to the Guardian yesterday by Yomi Aliyu (SAN) in Ibadan.
Part of this circular reads as follows: “We have drawn our attention to the unfortunate commotion currently prevailing in the Osun State Judiciary as a result of the activities of some unscrupulous elements creating chaos in the name of the Osun State Judiciary Union. Declare here as follows:
“The Judicial Officers Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), as a responsible union, has never taken, and will never take, any perceived or truly partisan stance towards any individual or organization in any of its activities. .
“The Judicial Officers Union of Nigeria shall not direct its members to continue protesting or picketing activities in the Osun State Judiciary Office or any other state to resolve any perceived or actual political consequences. I have never approved it.
“Consequently, based on the above emphatic position, the National Union of Judicial Officers of Nigeria (JUSUN) hereby dissociates itself from any action ever committed by any person in any name, and hereby disassociates itself from any action ever undertaken by any person in any name, and the National Secretariat considers such actions to be a calculated attempt by some people to engage in cheap political games aimed at intimidating trade unions and tarnishing the good image and reputation they have built over the years. It’s a gathering.
“We hereby warn our members not to participate in any way in illegal picketing, protests, or employment boycotts under any pretext.”
Source: guardian.ng