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Ajaero Was Not Invited By DSS Before Arrest — NLC

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The Nigeria Labour Congress has refuted claims by the Department of State Services, that its President, Joe Ajaero,ignored its invitation before his arrest at the airport.

The NLC disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Information, Benson Upah, the NLC said “In the days preceding his arrest, Congress President had had  a discussion with the DG DSS  on a courtesy visit.  A Director  in the agency later  called the General Secretary  of the Congress  on the need to fix a date for the courtesy visit.

“The General Secretary however  explained to him that  he  would not be available until Friday (September 13). The said Director assured him they would give Congress leadership  a notice of not less than 48 hours for the visit.

“The statement further reads: “The DG DSS last spoke with  Comrade  Ajaero  on Saturday night during which Ajaero told him he would be  travelling the next day, Sunday, adding that the courtesy visit would be paid after his return  on Friday, September 13.

“The Congress President however missed his flight on Sunday and had it rescheduled to Monday, September 9th.

“It was on that Monday morning he was picked up by the operatives of the DSS in a watch list operation on behalf of  a sister agency.

“We want to re-affirm that Joe Ajaero is a law-abiding citizen heading the biggest pan-Nigerian organisation with an illustrious history of patriotism and will certainly not snub the DSS. He is a  trade unionist of international repute who serves on the executive  boards of world federations of trade unions. His constituency goes beyond Nigeria.

“It is not in his character to disregard invitations and precedents (his honouring the police invitation) attest to this.’

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