The Nigeria Labour Congress has summoned what it described as an emergency National Executive Council meeting following the invitation of its National President, Joe Ajaero, by the police for allegedly financing terrorism.
The NEC meeting will be held by 8am on Tuesday (today) with
all heads of affiliates and state chapters of NLC expected to be in attendance.
The notice of the meeting titled, “Notice of emergency
National Executive Council meeting,” was signed by the NLC’s Secretary General,
Emmanuel Ugboaja.
The notice read, “I bring you fraternal greetings from the
congress headquarters.
“You are invited to the emergency National Executive Council
Hybrid meeting scheduled as follows:Tuesday, August 20, 2024; 8am Olaitan
Oyerinde Hall, Labour House.”
Recall that on Monday, Ajaero was invited by the police on
charges connected to “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, reasonable
felony, subversion, and cybercrime”.
The letter of invitation, dated August 19, 2024, and signed
by ACP Adamu Mu’azu on behalf of the Commissioner of Police Intelligence, said
Ajaero’s name was mentioned in ongoing investigations connected to “criminal
conspiracy, terrorism financing, reasonable felony, subversion, and
cybercrime”.
Accordingly, the letter directed Ajaero to report at the IRT
Complex, Abbattoir by Guzape Junction on Tuesday, August 20 at 10 am,
threatening that a warrant of arrest would be issued against him if he failed
to report.
The PUNCH reported that security agents, on July 7,
conducted a night raid on the NLC national secretariat in Abuja.
The police took responsibility for the operation, saying it
was aimed at uncovering incriminating documents that could help build a case
against an international “subversive” figure considered a threat to Nigeria’s
democracy.
Last week, the NLC rejected the explanation offered by the
police on the raid and demanded the release of its arrested members and seized
documents.
The NLC also criticised government attempts to interfere
with the organisation’s internal affairs, including a proposed reduction in the
tenure of trade union leaders.
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Government of various regimes had identified terrorists of many standings, but what did they do? Released them all to the public for further destruction. Leave Ajero alone. The present government wants to make labour become useless.
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