Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused Sayyu Aliu Dantata of violating a resolution reached with government officials on workers' right to unionisation, barely 48 hours after the union suspended its strike.

NUPENG, in a statement jointly signed by its President, Williams Akhoreha, and General Secretary Afolabi Olawale, on Thursday alleged that Mr Dantata instructed truck drivers who are union members to remove union stickers from their vehicles and later ordered them to forcefully enter the Dangote Refinery, despite violating union loading rules.

NUPENG claimed that Mr Dantata flew over the scene in a helicopter and called in the Navy to intervene, allegedly to crush union offici...