NLC Faults Police Account On Raid Of Secretariat

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday disputed the police account of Wednesday’s raid on its headquarters in Abuja.

Police said Friday that their operatives only visited a bookstore within the building to arrest a foreign national, but the labour union said the invading police officers forced their way into its offices.

“The police claim to be conducting a nationwide investigation that comprises other countries, yet their so-called intelligence led them to our building well after office hours.

“If they were acting in good faith, why did their investigation take them specifically to the 10th floor, where the offices of the NLC president and general secretary are located? This is nothing short of harassment under the guise of an investigation,” NLC’s general secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, told PREMIUM TIMES yesterday.

He said the police intentionally raided the NLC offices but did not disclose if they went away with anything. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) similarly denounced the conduct of the police in a statement on Friday as shameful while also calling it lawless.