Security Operatives Raid NLC Secretariat

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital has been invaded by a horde of Nigeria’s security operatives from the Department of States Services, DSS, and Nigerian Police Force, NPF.

The NLC spokesman, Benson Upah said the DSS stomed the premises and arrested some persons, including security guards.

He said the operatives, also ransacked NLC bookshops and carted away books and publications.

He said the country is fast degenerating to lawlessness, to the extent that NLC office that weer not raided ven in the dark days of military dictatorship in the country, is now under siege of security forces in a democratic government.

The NLC has now directed its staff to stay away from the office until assurance the atmosphere is safe fr them to work.

The statement read “This evening at about 8.30 pm long after the close of work, a troop of heavily armed security operatives invaded the Labour House, Central Business District, Abuja which serves as the National Headquarters and secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress.

“The security operatives, some from the Nigeria Police Force, some wearing black tee-shirts presumably from the Department of State Services and others on outright mufti swooped on the 10th Floor of the NLC and arrested the security operative on duty and then commandeered him to the second floor where he was asked to produce the keys to the offices.

“When he told them that he had no such keys on him, they broke into the floor and ransacked the bookshop on the 2nd floor carting away hundreds of books and other publications. The invading troops claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGoveranance protests.

“The Nigeria Labour Congress condemns in its entirety this new low in security operations in Nigeria. The armed security operatives showed no legal document permitting them to invade the premises of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the ungodly hours of the night. Even in the dark days of military rule, NLC secretariats were never invaded and ransacked by security agents. Today is indeed a very sad day for our democracy.”