BREAKING: Police summon NLC President Ajaero, scribe again
…To appear at Force Headquarters on Thursday
Joseph Irikefe
The police have summoned the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, to appear at Force Headquarters on Thursday, September 5, 2024.
The fresh summon is coming less than 24 hours after Joe Ajaero honoured the police’s invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime.
This time around, the NLC president and the general secretary are to answer questions over alleged criminal intimidation, conducts likely to cause a breach of public peace, and malicious damage to properties. They are being invited by the Force Intelligence Department (FID) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Recall that Joe Ajaero’s lawyer, Maxwell Opara, explained that the reason the police invited the NLC president on Thursday, August 29, was different from what was widely published.
According to Opara, Ajaero was questioned about a tenant occupying the second floor of the Labour house in Abuja.
The defence lawyer added that this was different from the criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, and cybercrime, that Ajaero was reportedly invited for.
NLC warned that if Ajaero is arrested, all workers across Nigeria would commence an indefinite strike.