The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has returned from the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) located at Guzape in Abuja after honouring the police invitation over alleged terrorism financing and criminal conspiracy.
Ajaero was accompanied back to the Labour House at about 11:30am by the Deputy Lead Counsel, Maxwell Opara from the Falana & Falana’s Chambers and other some other lawyers.
He said he was not deterred or discouraged, adding that he would continue the struggle for the implementation of the new minimum wage that was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.
He said, “We have gone there and we are back and you can’t do this job we are doing without this type of hazard. It’s expected. For those of you who called me, I told them this is the hazard of the job. Even at the unit level, some of us experience this.
“As far back as 1998, I was telling Falana we were together in the cell enjoying ourselves in the time of Abacha.
“What is important is the circumstances that took me to that place and whatever it is we are out to continue the struggle. We have gotten minimum wage which has not been implemented so we have to press for its implementation as soon as possible.
“Every other thing that will make the welfare of Nigeria workers worthwhile, we will be involved in it.
“We will not listen to any distraction. On behalf of the NLC, NAC, NEC and CWC for the level of the solidarity they have shown here, I want to say thank you.”
Human rights lawyer, Comrade Deji Adeyanju in a post on his X handle after the police visit, said, “We are back from the police. The interview was very short. We also told them to release all protesters in their custody or charge them to court.”