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NLC President Ajaero Sets Date to Meet with Police After Invitation

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, has announced his decision to honour an invitation from the Nigeria Police Force.


The police had summoned Ajaero over allegations of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime. In a letter communicated through his lawyers, Falana and Falana Chambers, Ajaero fixed Wednesday, August 29, 2024, as the date for his appearance.

The letter, signed by Samuel Ogala, stated: "Therefore, Ajaero is prepared for your interview on Wednesday, August 29, 2024.


Furthermore, in accordance with the provisions of Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as altered, Ajaero requests for the details and nature of the allegations of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cybercrime levelled against him."


This development follows a series of events where Ajaero initially turned down the police invitation due to prior engagements. He explained this through another letter from his lawyers, which read:


"We have the instructs of Ajaero to inform you that he is unable to honour your invitation on Tuesday, August 20 in view of the fact that your invitation letter was received by him yesterday. He has an engagement that had been fixed before the receipt of the invitation letter."


In response to the police action, the NLC has threatened a nationwide strike, citing the allegations as "unfounded and politically motivated."


The National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC, in a communiqué signed by Deputy President Comrade Ado Sani Minjibir, expressed deep concern over what it described as a "calculated attempt to weaken and destabilise the labour movement."


The NEC directed all affiliates and state councils to begin mobilising their members nationwide, warning that any harm to Ajaero or any other leader would trigger an indefinite nationwide strike effective from midnight on Tuesday.


The NEC's communiqué further condemned the ongoing harassment of labour leaders, calling it a "travesty and a blatant attempt to stifle the voice of the working people and their leadership, as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98."




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