NLC reacts to Ajaero arrest by DSS

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The Nigeria Labour Congress has confirmed that its President, Joe Ajaero was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS on Monday.

Ajaero was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja by DSS on his way to London to attend the ongoing TUC Conference.

NLC in a statement through its official X described the arrest as an assault on Nigerian workers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government.

“The Assault on Nigeria Workers Continues. “President Of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero was arrested and abducted by men of DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, this morning on his way to attend an official engagement of TUC United Kingdom and he is now detained at the office of the NSA”, the statement reads.