SUMAL FOOD LIMITED Vs ABBEY TROTSKY: Drop Trumped-up Charges

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) calls on trade unions, pro-masses’ organizations, and activists to support the demand for an immediate end to the continuous persecution of Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye (Abbey Trotsky) on trumped-up criminal charges by the police at the instance of the management of the SUMAL FOOD LIMITED Ibadan.

Abbey Trotsky is the Oyo State Coordinator of CDWR and doubles as the Acting National Chairperson of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN). He has been under a string of state prosecutions since 2019. This is as a result of the support and solidarity given by the members of the Oyo State Chapter of the CDWR to the protest and strike embarked upon by casual workers of Sumal Food between 2nd and 3rd October 2018.

In addition to the criminal matter, he faces civil matter at the National Industrial Court (NIC), Ibadan instituted by over 20 outsourcing companies known for indecent labour practices of recruiting workers under a casual or contract employment condition for virtually all leading factories, including SUMAL FOOD LIMITED, in Oyo State.

We call on the national leadership of the NLC and TUC to join us in the CDWR to demand an end to the state prosecution of Abbey Trotsky at the instance of SUMAL FOOD LIMITED and also immediately commence a serious national campaign against casualisation and other related indecent labour practices. (email: [email protected])

Report of last, April 23, court hearing here