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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has confirmed the arrest of its President, Mr Joe Ajaero by the Department of State Services (DSS). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ajaero was arrested by the DSS on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
It was gathered that the NLC President 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. He was subsequently handed over to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
“The assault on Nigeria workers continues. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero was arrested and abducted by men of DSS at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Abuja this morning on his way to attend an official engagement of TUC United Kingdom and he is now detained at the office of the NSA,” the NLC disclosed.
TNG recalls 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 still remains unclear why the DSS has picked the labour leader.