NLC president invited by police over alleged terrorism financing
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has extended an invitation to president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, over a case of “a case of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime”.
A letter signed by Adamu Muazu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, states that Ajaero is expected at the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Complex in Abuja on Tuesday.
Muazu said an arrest warrant will be issued against Ajaero if he does not honour the invitation.
It was stated that the case is in relation to the recent raid of the NLC secretariat in Abuja by the police.
The police had conducted a raid on the NLC headquarters located in the Central Business District of Abuja on August 7, 2024.
The NLC said the operatives who raided the building “claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests”.
Subsequently, Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), said one of the masterminds of the Sudan conflict was traced to the NLC headquarters.
The IGP said police detectives traced the foreigner to a shop within the Labour House, adding that operatives did not raid the secretariat.