The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero a bail which allowed him to be released from custody.
Fusion Chronicles recalls that operatives of the DSS had on Monday morning arrested Ajaero at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on his way to the United Kingdom were he was scheduled to attend a conference of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the UK.
The NLC, due to Ajaero’s arrest, called an emergency meeting of its National Administrative Council (NAC) to discuss the arrest and chart a course of action.
The union At the end of the meeting, equally condemned the arrest and detention of its President by security operatives.
It also requested the immediate and unconditional release of its detained president before 12 midnight, saying the arrest was an attack against all Nigerian workers.
In a press release signed by its deputy president, Adeyanju Adewale, issued at the end of the meeting, the NLC also placed all its affiliates, state councils and Nigerians on a red alert, noting that the arrest of Ajaero is another attempt to delay the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The union also demanded the immediate reversal of the price of petrol to ₦617 per litre.
In mobilizing for further action, the NLC also summoned an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC), scheduled for tomorrow, 10th September, to discuss the situation and take fresh action.
The union further warned the government to put an end to the trend of going after protesting voices, adding that it would not waver in its duty to protect the rights of workers and the freedom of all Nigerians.
