The Nationwide Industrial Court docket in Abuja has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Employees (NUPENG) and the Direct Trucking Firm Drivers Affiliation from embarking on any industrial motion.
The courtroom additionally barred the {groups} from compelling different truck drivers to affix their deliberate strike.
E.D. Subilim, the decide, gave the ruling on Wednesday after listening to a movement ex parte filed by George Ibrahim, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to Dangote Refinery.
The order additionally restrained NUPENG and its associates from blocking Nigerian roads or irritating and shutting down the operations of Dangote Refinery, MRS Oil Nigeria Restricted, and MRS Oil and Gasoline Firm Restricted.
The decide stated he was happy that irreparable harm may very well be triggered to Dangote Refinery if the injunction was not granted.