A Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court Abuja has affirmed Mr Julius Bobi as the National President of motorcycle operators union of Nigeria (MOUN).
The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Iyanna in a ruling, issued an order compelling the motorcycle operators to recognise Bobi as the authentic national president of (MOUN).
In the Certified True Copy of the ruling made available to NAN, the magistrate said:”it is only expedient in the interest of justice to so grant this application and this I do hold , the application is hero granted as prayed in the interim.” Iyanna said.
He held tbat Bobi remained the national president of the union and to the exclusion of any other person, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed in the court with suit no CV/85/2024.
NAN reports that the union and nine others had sought for the order of the court due to the leadership crisis going on in the union.
Femi Ekundayo, counsel to the union had sought for an order of the court stopping the defendant, Sotayo Olusola from parading himself as the union president, as servant or private agent to Bobi.
He prayed the court to stop the defendant from printing illegal tickets and to remit all revenue already generated from sales of tickets that were paid into his personal account to be moved into the union corporate account.
He seek an order of the court that all revenue be remit to the union Eco Bank account prohibiting the use of personal account for remittance of any revenue generated by the union.
The court however, considered all the prayers of the counsel to the union and ordered the parties maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed in the suit.(NAN)
