The motion filed by one Chris Mba on behalf of himself and members of Performing Musicians Employers Association (PMAN), Caretaker Committee in Suit no. NICN/LA/632/2016 was on Friday November 11 2016 dismissed by Hon. Justice B.B. Kanyip of National Industrial Court Lagos Division.
While hearing the application seeking to set aside the recent election which produced Mr. Pretty Okafor as President, Sunny Neji First Vice President, Zakky Azzay Second Vice President and Tolu Obey Fabiyi as National Treasurer respectively among others, the presiding judge, Hon. Kanyip held that in the absence of any law empowering the Minister of Labor and Employment, Dr.
Chris Ngige and the Registrar of Trade Union Mrs. Mborgu, to appoint a caretaker committee to run and manage the affairs of a registered trade union like PMAN, that the application lacks merit and was therefore dismissed accordingly. By this development the legitimacy, legality and authenticity of the current PMAN executive led by Mr. Okafor as President who was elected at the last PMAN Biennial National Delegates Conference held on October 4 2016 in Lagos is no more in question and therefore stands on a sound legal footing.
