Musa Muhammed Maitakobi, the National President of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), has told members of the association not to let themselves be used as political thugs to promote violence in the general elections.

He gave the order at the association’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja.

He also told them to follow the law and not do anything that could upset the peace.

He said that although several political parties had asked, the group would not back any presidential candidate.

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“We’re not endorsing a presidential candidate because the RTEAN constitution does not allow us to have or demonstrate a form of preference among people contesting elections. Our constitution does not recognise ethnicity, religion and politics.

“Any member of RTEAN, anywhere you find yourself, don’t allow yourselves to be used for touting, political thuggery and hooliganism.”

In the meantime, the national, zonal, and state leaders of RTEAN have given Maitakobi a vote of confidence for his “purposeful and satisfactory leadership” since he took office in 2020.

They praised him as the only candidate for the upcoming RTEAN National Delegate Conference, which will take place in April. They said he deserved to be re-elected because he had done a great job in office since October 2020, bringing RTEAN together and starting projects that helped the local economy of the association.