The Nigeria Labour Congress has leased forensic professionals to brush its nationwide secretariat in Abuja for imaginable insects planted through the police, The PUNCH used to be informed.
The union mentioned the forensic safety audit would facilitate the go back of its employees to their places of work following the hot raid through the police.
The PUNCH reported that safety brokers, on July 7, carried out an evening raid at the NLC nationwide secretariat in Abuja.
In keeping with the NLC spokesperson, Benson Upah, the operatives break out into the construction at about 8.30 pm and arrested the safety guards, forcing them handy over keys to the places of work on the second one ground.
Upah mentioned, “The security operatives, some from the Nigeria Police Force, some wearing black tee-shirts, presumably from the Department of State Services, and others on outright mufti, swooped on the 10th Floor of the NLC and arrested the security operative on duty and then commandeered him to the second floor where he was asked to produce the keys to the offices.”
The police took duty for the operation, pronouncing it used to be aimed toward uncovering incriminating paperwork that might backup develop a case towards a world “subversive” determine thought to be a ultimatum to Nigeria’s freedom.
Ultimate moment, the NLC unwelcome the reason introduced through the police at the raid and demanded the let go of its arrested individuals and seizes paperwork.
In an unique interview with our correspondent, the Nationwide Colleague Normal Secretary of NLC, Chris Onyeka, mentioned the union had leased international professionals to brush the administrative center for imaginable insects planted through the police.
“The police stormed and raided NLC’s headquarters within the public’s capital and carted away paperwork.
“The NLC, in its Nationwide Govt Council assembly, deliberated and assuredly that there’s a want to habits a forensic safety audit to safeguard that the crowd have been barricade, and not anything used to be planted in its headquarters, amongst alternative issues earlier than they resume again to their places of work.
“As a result of this, the NLC has initiated a thorough forensic security audit of the national secretariat. The security checks are being conducted by international experts, who have already begun working to secure the premises against any potential surveillance devices,” Onyeka mentioned.
He insisted that the reason introduced through the police used to be untenable.
“The NLC met in their National Executive Council meeting and demanded an apology from the Federal Government and the police which has not been offered till now,” he mentioned.