Monday, September 9, 2024 -The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to the arrest of its national chairman, Joe Ajaero by officials of the Department of State Service (DSS).
According to NLC’s statement on Monday afternoon, the arrest of Ajaero
was targeted at muzzling Nigerian workers from seeking their rights and
demanding accountability from the government.
The statement explained that Ajaero was on his way to the United
Kingdom for an engagement with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of the UK.
It added that DSS arrested the NLC President at Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, in Abuja. It further revealed that Ajaero has been
detained in the office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
“The assault on Nigerian workers continues,
the President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero was arrested and abducted by the
men of DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja this morning on his way to attend an official engagement of the TUC United Kingdom and
he is now detained at the office of the NSA,” the brief statement on NLC’s
X handle read.
Recall that the NLC president had been invited by the Police on an
alleged case of terrorism.
The Nigeria authority under President Bola Tinubu has been accused of
muzzling rights groups by an international human rights organization, Amnesty
International.
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