By Angela Okpe

Police authorities in Abuja, have ordered investigations into a case of alleged forgery and illegal usurpation of powers through falsifying resignation of members of Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, TORAN, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, allegedly perpetrated by erstwhile members of the association.

This followed a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, by aggrieved members of the trustees of the association after what they perceived as “the inability of police authorities in Ogun state to bring to books all those fingered in the criminal charges” during their investigation.

The petition alleged a criminal case of forgery against two key players of the association who were said to have illegally distorted the association’s trustees and faked the resignation of its BOT chairman and key members to carry out a re-register of the original certificates of the Chief Samuel Idowu-led TORAN, after they had entered into an amalgamation to become TORAN.

This, according to the aggrieved members of trustees, was allegedly perfected with the able assistance of a few members of the Ogun state House of Assembly and a top government official in the Park and Garage section.

After perpetrating their moves, it was learned the perpetrators succeeded in falsifying members of the trustees and thereby gave an erroneous belief that the key members of the trustees had resigned, and then took illegal control of TORAN, after having obtained an illegal certificate from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

The petition titled “Illegal Usurpation of Powers and Functions of our state officers aiding and abetting of violence in our association, misappropriation of our association’s fund” stressed that “the fraudulent perfection of an illegal certificate and distortion of TORAN board of trustees had been the cause of constant confusion, rift, chaos and unnecessary litigation amongst the tricycle owners and operators in the state.