Just In: NLC demands release of Joe Ajaero before midnight
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the unconditional release of Joe Ajaero, its president.
In a communiqué issued on Monday at the end of an emergency meeting in Abuja, the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the NLC said the labour leader should be released before “midnight today”.
“The NLC demands the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Joe Ajaero before 12 midnight today,” the communiqué reads.
“The Council unequivocally condemns the brazen and illegal detention of Comrade Joe Ajaero by the Nigerian State without any legal warrant or justification.”
On Monday, Benson Upah, NLC spokesperson, said Ajaero was “whisked away” by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on his way to the United Kingdom (UK), where he was invited to a conference by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Britain.
