Olatunji Disu, the Inspector General of Police, IGP
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered all the aviation workers unions in the air transport sector of the nation’s economy to stand down all forms industrial protest until further notice.
The order was handed the unions through the leadership of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, who honoured an emergency invitation from the force headquarters, Abuja.
The summons was sequel to a formal petition by the management of Air Peace to the Inspector General of Police in respect of the disruption of its service through the picketing carried out by the unions in the aviation sector on Tuesday, 11th of August 2026.
Recall management of Air Peace formally made public on the day of the picketing that the unions damaged one of Air Peace airport shuttle buses.
In reflection of the humane and highly civilized leadership at the police headquarters, ATSSSAN was invited to provide response to the allegations in Air Peace petition.
Equally displaying civility and utmost sense of responsible unionism, ATSSSAN leadership within 24 hours honored the invitation from its head office in Lagos and reported at the police headquarters.
The union leadership was confronted with the petition by the Air Peace solicitors and the union instantly presented its own version in fielding each of the accusations the petition contained.
Some of the allegations against the union are Case of Conspiracy; threatening violence; inciting disturbance of public peace, assault occasioning harm and Conduct likely to cause Breach of public Peace and causing economic sabotage to a private investment in the aviation industry.
The Police however promised to hold similar interaction with every other persons and organizations that are concern directly or indirectly to react to the contents of the petition from the Air Peace lawyers.
Some of the organizations concern, directly or indirectly indicted that owe the police an explanation by the letters and the spirit of the petition include, apart from the unions, FAAN, NCAA, the police airport command, ground handler, among others.
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