THE Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State who operate the Borough Pits in Edo State have called on His Excellency, the Governor of Edo State -Senator Monday Okpebholo to call to order the Chairman of the Edo State Tipper Drivers Association-Mr. Osaro Aigbekhan, his hench man -Sunday Osayande ,AKA Super and His Exco Members , whose activities are responsible for the high rate of sand and other quarry resources, due to the huge sums extorted in the value chain of Sand Quarry Services in Edo State.
In a Statement in Benin City by the Chairman of the Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State , the Body says it recognises the Edo State Governor-Senator Monday Okpebholo ‘s adherence to due process as they bring to attention of the Governor the Obnoxious and Extortionist Fees being collected by the Tipper Drivers Association from the Quarry Owners per Tipper that patronises the Quarry Owners , which monies are paid to personal accounts and same siphoned .
The Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State state that the Edo State Governor has stopped all illegal revenue collections in Edo State, stating that the Edo State Tippers Divers Association, which is an Association created for the welfare of its members is illegally operating as a purported regulator , illegal revenue collector and unapproved trade union .
The Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State state that the fact that the illegality has existed due to the Edo State Tippers Drivers Association affiliation with the ousted PDP Government, does not make same legal and the Association Calls for His Excellency to clean the Augean Table of the Illegal Activities of the Tippers Drivers Association.
The Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State also state that the Chairman of the Edo State Tipper Drivers Association and his Cohorts have resorted to violence as a weapon of coercion, as they recently attacked some Executive Council Members of the Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State for questioning their illegal activities.
-Signed: Joseph Enaruna – State Chairman Sand Quarry Owners Association of Edo State.
