The scheduled second interrogation of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, by the police didn’t maintain on Thursday as Ajaero and the NLC Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, who was additionally invited, didn’t present up on the police headquarters in Abuja.
Our correspondent, who was on the Power Felony Investigation Division, Abuja the place the labour leaders have been billed to look for interrogation, noticed neither Ajaero nor Ugboaja.
Nonetheless, a supply acquainted with the state of affairs stated the NLC leaders had written investigators that they’d not be obtainable for Thursday.
“They didn’t present up. I’m conscious they’ve written these dealing with their case that they wouldn’t be coming right this moment. They requested them to count on them on September 25,” the supply stated.
Counsel for the NLC, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), who accompanied Ajaero to the police headquarters for his first look on August 29, had instructed considered one of our correspondents on Wednesday that the labour leaders would possibly possible search a postponement of the interrogation.
Talking additional on the matter on Thursday, Falana stated, “We wrote for an additional date as Comrade Joe Ajaero has an engagement outdoors Abuja right this moment.”
The police are quizzing Ajaero over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, prison conspiracy, and treasonable felony.
His invitation got here within the wake of an evening raid by the police on the NLC nationwide secretariat in Abuja.
The police are alleging a hyperlink between the labour chief and a Briton, Andrew Wynne, who has been accused of financing the latest #EndBadGovernance or #Starvation protest within the nation to allegedly overthrow the federal government of President Bola Tinubu.
Following Ajaero’s first look on August 29, the police, in one other letter signed by the Commissioner of Police, Operations, Ibitoye Alajide, on behalf of the Deputy Inspector Common of Police, Power Intelligence Division, Abuja, requested him to look once more on Thursday, September 5, alongside with the NLC Common Secretary “to reply questions over alleged prison intimidation, conducts prone to trigger a breach of public peace, and malicious harm to property.”
The letter learn: “In furtherance of investigations into the alleged case of prison intimidation, conducts prone to trigger breach of public peace and malicious harm to properties wherein your title featured, you might be requested to come back together with Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja for an interview with the Deputy Inspector Common of Police, Power Intelligence Division, FID, by means of the undersigned, at SPO’s Room 112, 2nd Flooring, Power Intelligence Division (FID) Complicated, Shehu Shagari Approach, reverse Power Headquarters Space 11, Garki, Abuja on Thursday, fifth September 2024 at 11 am.”
When contacted by The PUNCH on Thursday over the non-appearance of the invited labour leaders, the Power spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, promised he would get again to our correspondent.
He had, nevertheless, but to take action as of the time of submitting this report.