Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the “oppressive control” by President Bola Tinubu’s administration “surpasses even the harshest days of military dictatorship”.
He wrote in an X post on Tuesday saying “The escalating assault on civil society and the media by the Bola Tinubu administration is profoundly disturbing,”
“The recent arrest of Mr. Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, en route to an official event, epitomizes this regime’s relentless campaign to intimidate and subdue organized labour.
“Just days prior, security forces detained a journalist, only to later claim it was a grievous error. What if the outcome had been fatal?
“Now, Tinubu’s regime extends its repressive grasp to encroach upon SERAP Nigeria, an action that stands as a grave affront to our democratic values. This siege is anathema to the principles of freedom and justice.”
The Department of State Services (DSS) arrested labour leader Joe Ajaero, on Monday morning and released him around midnight.
The labour leader was on his way to the United Kingdom on Monday for a Trade Union Congress (TUC) event when he was arrested at Abuja airport.
The Nigeria Labour Congress president said he was grilled for about 15 hours since his arrest around 7 am at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.