There was pandemonium among workers
and intending travelers on Tuesday at the
premises of Delta Line in Asaba following
the discovering of strange objects,
including a dead cock, which were feared
to be sacrificed objects.
It was alleged that the workers of the
transport company had engaged
themselves in a juju warfare following
perceived injustices.
The junior workers who claimed to have
been sidelined and made miserable, had
reportedly vowed to make the company a
shadow of itself at all costs.
A driver in the company (Name withheld)
said, “Apart from the strange substances,
the company is bedeviled with witchcraft
as many of us that have been cheated and
sidelined by the so called management
officers have taken their matters to the
covens.
Investigation revealed that strange
substances had been found in the
company in the past.
An employee of the company who did not
want his name in the print, however,
dismissed the juju war, saying, “Yes, there
is crisis in the company, workers have not
been paid, I do not know of the juju war
or strange substances found at the
premises, all I know is that they are
internal crisis over alleged
misappropriation of funds”.
Speaking to our correspondent, the state
Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress,
Comrade David Ofoeyeno, said it was
necessary for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s
intervention, saying that over 700
workers on the pay roll of the transport
company had been going through difficult
times as a result of unpaid salaries.
He said, “Delta Line needs serious
overhauling because of the serious crisis
bedeviling the company, there are serious
problems in the company but I thank
Gov. Okowa for his prompt intervention
to help the company grow”.
Meanwhile, Okowa has approved the
removal from office of the company’s
General Manager, Mr. Eyione Isaiah, the
company’s Secretary, Mr. Henry
Ogichigba; and the auditor, Mr. Frank
Preh for alleged misappropriation of funds
meant for the company.
It was alleged that the company’s General
Manager, Isaiah, and others squandered
some amount of money running into
millions of naira; an allegation Eyione
described as untrue, describing his
present predicament as the handiwork of
his enemies.
