The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero. It was gathered that Ajaero was arrested by DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday.
He was on his way to attend the conference of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom (UK) when he was arrested and taken away by the DSS. According to several sources, Ajaero has been handed over to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
Recall that the Police had earlier invited Ajaero for interrogation on charges related to alleged “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cyber crime”. He was summoned via a letter dated August 19 and signed by ACP Adamu Mu’azu on behalf of Commissioner of Police, Intelligence.
After Ajaero honoured the police invitation, Mr. Maxwell Opara, a lawyer to the NLC President disclosed that the Police had retracted their earlier reasons for summoning the labour union leader. It remains unclear why the DSS has picked the labour leader.