Following his meeting with officers of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero has said the union will not be intimidated.
Mr Ajaero was invited by the police for questioning on allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony.
He arrived at the IRT office at 10:17 am and left shortly after 11am in the company of lawyers Femi Falana and Deji Adeyanju and others.
Speaking with journalists at the Labour House after leaving the police headquarters, Ajaero said, “We can’t be intimidated. The allegations against us are baseless, and we have nothing to hide.”
He added, “You can’t do this job we’re doing without this type of hazard. Even at the unit level, some of us experienced it. As far back as 1997/1998 with Femi Falana, we were equally together in the cell during the time of Abacha… but whatever the case is, we’re out to continue the struggle, we’ve gotten minimum wage but we can’t be intimidated, we have to press for its implementation as soon as possible. Every other thing that will make the welfare of the Nigerian workers worthwhile, we will be involved in it.”
Ajaero was supposed to meet with the police on August 20. The meeting was postponed to August 29 because he had other engagements.
