‘Arrest warrant will be issued if you fail to show up,’ Police invite NLC President, Joe Ajaero over alleged terrorism financing, others

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has invited president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, for questioning over “a case of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime”.

An invitation letter signed by Adamu Muazu, Assistant Commissioner of Police, indicated that Ajaero is expected to be at the intelligence response team (IRT) complex in Abuja on Tuesday.

Muazu said an arrest warrant will be issued against Ajaero if he does not honour the invitation.

NewsClick Nigeria reports that the case may be 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 the operatives who raided the building “claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests”.

Subsequently, Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP), said one of the masterminds of the Sudan conflict was traced to the NLC headquarters.

The IGP said police detectives traced the foreigner to a shop within the Labour House, adding that operatives did not raid the secretariat.

The NLC is yet to issue a statement on the latest development.