The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the recent police summons issued to its President, Joe Ajaero, and General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, describing it as an attempt to intimidate and undermine the union’s leadership.
“This is a clear case of witch-hunt and intimidation orchestrated by state institutions,” said Benson Upah, NLC’s Head of Information. “We will not stand idly by while the state’s coercive forces are used to suppress the labour movement.”
The police had invited Ajaero and Ugboaja for questioning related to an alleged case of criminal intimidation, public peace disruption, and malicious damage to property. However, the NLC sees this as an attempt to harass and intimidate those holding dissenting views.
“The repeated invitations and the recent raid on the NLC office were clear indications of an orchestrated agenda by the state to harass and intimidate those holding dissenting views,” Upah said.
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The NLC has convened an emergency meeting to address this latest development and decide how to respond to the police’s actions.
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