— As PTD Passes Vote of no Confidence on Leaders
The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products ( A D I T O P )has accused the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers ( NUPENG ) of extortion and excessive levies collection within the downstream sector.
This accusation came on the heels of a vote of no confidence passed on the leadership of NUPENG by Lagos Zone of Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the Union. ( PTD ).
The Vote of no Confidence was passed on the National President, Comrade ( Prince ) Williams Akporcha, and the General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale by ADITOP, which accused them of greed, rascality, impunity, manipulation, highhandedness, and gross incompetence in leadership.
The PTD position was the outcome of an emergency meeting held by the State’s Zonal executives held Monday, September 8, 2025, following a rising tension over Dangote and M R S Holding Limited’s alleged resistance to unionization of its drivers and deployment of 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas – CNG- powered trucks across Nigeria for nationwide distribution of petroleum products.
In a statement on Monday in Abuja, while reacting to the purported strike by NUPENG, ADITOP accused NUPENG of extortion and excessive levies collection.
Alhaji Lawal Dan – Zaki, the National President of ADITOP dissociated ADITOP from the purported strike, noting that the association was primarily formed to checkmate the excesses of NUPENG, Petroleum Tanker Drivers and multiple illegal levy collectors operating under NUPENG.
He said that in past five years, the association had written multiple petitions to various government agencies complaining about NUPENG extortion and illegal activities within the downstream sector.
These petitions, he said, had been adjudicated by the Inspector General of Police, Department of State Security, National Security Adviser and Secretary to the Federal Government.
Dan – Zaki said that NUPENG fed on extortion, while remitting Zero taxes to the Federal Government.
“NUPENG, PTD, and many other unions and associations hidding under the NUPENG umbrella, extort ADITOP members and depot owners one Naira per litre of every product loaded in a depot.
“Additional one Naira per litre of loaded by marketers. This is an addition to loading charges of N80,000 to N100,000 per truck . This is outright extortion, and economic sabotage for NUPENG, PTD, and their affiliated unions and associations.”
