The former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the invitation of Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Sani described the police claim of terrorist funding against Ajaero as “strange and unfortunate.”
The former Kaduna lawmaker disclosed this in a post on his X account on Tuesday.
“Terrorism allegation against the NLC President Ajaero is strange and unfortunate,” Sani wrote on X.
On Monday, the police invited Ajaero for questioning over “a case of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime”.
The letter signed by Adamu Mu’azu, assistant commissioner of police, indicated that Ajaero is expected at the intelligence response team (IRT) complex in Abuja on Tuesday.
Mu’azu said an arrest warrant will be issued on Ajaero if he does not honour the invitation.
Benson Upah, media head of the NLC, said the police failed to accord the NLC president the courtesy of his official title in the invite.
Upah added that labour is being victimised by the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest which ended on August 10.
The summon is connected to the recent raid of the NLC secretariat in Abuja by the police.
On August 7, police raided the NLC building in the Central Business District of Abuja.
The NLC said operatives who raided the building “claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests.”
Subsequently, Kayode Egbetokun, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), said one of the masterminds of the Sudan conflict was traced to the NLC headquarters.
The IGP added that police detectives traced the foreigner to a shop within the Labour House and that operatives did not raid the secretariat.
