The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the union’s General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, are scheduled to appear before the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Department (NPF-FID) on 24 September in Abuja over alleged criminal intimidation and other offences.
The labour leaders who were initially billed to meet with the police on Thursday, 5 September, deferred the meeting due to prior commitments, a member of their legal team, Maxwell Opara, said.
“Mr. Ajaero had official engagements, which prevented him from attending the earlier invitation. However, he will honour the new meeting date set for September 24,” Mr Opara told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday.
In a letter dated 28 August, the police department requested Messrs Ajaero and Ugboaja to attend an interview at its office on September 5 as part of an investigation into alleged “criminal intimidation, conduct likely to breach public peace, and malicious damage to property.”
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