Court Stops Oil Workers Bid To Shut Down Dangote Refinery

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association person been restrained from taking immoderate measurement oregon concern enactment to unopen down oregon disrupt the accumulation activities astatine the Dangote Refinery.

The 2 bodies were stopped from embarking connected immoderate concern onslaught done their members and agents pending the resolutions of a suit brought against them by Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
Justice E. D Subilim of the National Industrial Court successful Abuja issued the restraining bid portion ruling successful an ex-parte question brought earlier her by Dangote Petroleum Refinery, MRS Oil Nigeria Limited and MRS Oil and Gas Company Limited.

George Ibrahim SAN of Ogwu James Onoja SAN and Law Firm, Abuja, argued the ex-parte question marked NICN/ABJ/279/2024 connected behalf of the 3 applicants.

Dangote refinery had successful the question prayed the tribunal for an bid of interim injunction restraining NUPENG, its members, agents oregon privies from embarking connected immoderate concern enactment aimed astatine crippling, shutting down its operations oregon frustrating its concern activities pending the determination of its question connected notice.

The refinery besides sought different bid stopping Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association, its members, agents and privies from joining immoderate onslaught orchestrated by NUPENG against it with a presumption to frustrating, its business.

The lipid institution and the 2 different applicants likewise asked Justice Subilim to bid the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association and its members to proceed petroleum trucking services to them and the Nigerian nationalist pending the proceeding of their question connected notice.

The ex-parte question was brought pursuant to Order 22 Rules 1, 2 and 3 arsenic good arsenic Order 17 Rules 1 and 4 of the Industrial Court and conception 40 of the 1999 Constitution.

Justice Subilim upon taking the statement of the elder lawyer, granted the request, restraining NUPENG and its members and agents from embarking connected immoderate signifier of onslaught enactment until the issues successful quality are resolved 1 mode oregon the other.

The justice besides stopped Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association and its members from joining oregon participating successful immoderate concern enactment orchestrated by NUPENG against the 3 applicants with a presumption to frustrating their businesses.

Specifically, the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association and its members are to proceed rendering their services to the applicants until each issues are resolved.

Justice Subilim held that she was mindful of issuing the restraining bid which shall past for 7 days due to the fact that determination is simply a superior contented to beryllium tried.

She said that the equilibrium of convenience tilted successful favour of the 3 applicants due to the fact that irreparable harm whitethorn beryllium occasioned if the orders are not granted.

The justice further explained that the applicants are amended placed having fixed undertaking arsenic to damages to the defendants.