The two unions have accused the Dangote Group of union-busting, unfair labour practices, and victimisation of workers at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other subsidiaries. Declaring the start of a new phase of confrontation, the NLC placed all its affiliates on immediate and full alert. These committees are to engage directly with the NLC National Secretariat within 72 hours to harmonise strategy, logistics, and communications. The lawyer asserted that by a letter dated September 26, 2025 and circulated online, the 1st defendant, through its General Secretary, Comrade Lamumbalghotemu Okugbawa, wrote to the Hon. “We want to make sure that this face-off is not extended to the ordinary citizens of the country,” Dingyadi added.