The Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, has invited the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Joe Ajaero for questioning for alleged
terrorism financing, cybercrime and other related offences.
The invitation letter, signed by one Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP), Adamu Muazu on behalf of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, in charge of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team(IRT), warned that it would not fail to issue a warrant of arrest if Ajaero fails to report to the police.
The letter reads: “This office is investigating a case of Criminal Conspiracy, Terrorism Financing, Treasonable Felony, Subversion, and Cybercrime in which you have been implicated.
“You are therefore required to report to the undersigned for an interview on Tuesday, 20th August 2024, at 10:00 hrs prompt, at Old Abattoir by Guzape Junction, Abuja, through the Team Leader on telephone no 08035179870, in connection with the above investigation.
“Be informed that if you fail to honour this letter, this office will have no choice but to issue a warrant for your arrest.”
Daily Query reports that the letter to Ajero came barely a week after the NLC excoriated the police for the invasion of Labour House on August 7 in the course of the August 1-10 #EndBadGovernance protests, an action the police said was necessitated by intelligence reports that a wanted international criminal said to be on a mission to cause confusion in Nigeria was hiding somewhere in the Labour House, Central Business District, Abuja.
Despite police explanation, the NLC through its spokesman Ben Upah, had accused the police of offering that excuse for the invasion of the Labour House as an afterthought, insisting that the Force must tender an apology for its misconduct or the organised labour would down tools.
The apology was yet to come before the police took the counter measure of inviting Ajaero for questioning on charges of treasonable felony.
“This is pure intimidation by the police to make the NLC drop its demand for apology from the police,” a police source told Daily Query in Abuja. “I am sure about that. It’s a new regime of arrogance and impunity. This IGP is just something else!”
