[b]Hundreds of pensioners, yesterday, stormed Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala’s office to protest the non-payment of their pension arrears.

They vowed to frustrate the governor’s second term bid.

The aggrieved pensioners carried placards with anti-Akala ‘s inscriptions.

Two pensioners fainted from exhaustion during the protest. They were later revived and taken away for medical help.

State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) Lateef Adegoke said the governor promised to pay the arrears of 142 per cent owed them in April, last year.

Adegoke recalled that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Olayiwola Olakojo and the Commissioner for Finance, Bayo Bankole assured them payment would start in December.

The pensioners urged the people not to vote the governor for another term of four years.

‘’If a governor could be this hostile to labour during his first term in office, what will be their fate and that of the entire citizens of Oyo State if a second term is secured’’?

The Oyo NUP chairman said ‘’’this government is not labour-friendly; it is not a friend of teachers, health workers, doctors, the judiciary, civil servants and we will not be surprised if he sees today’s congress of pensioners as the handiwork of his imaginary opposition‘’, the chairman said.[/b]