BREAKING: SECURITY OPERATIVES RAID NLC ABUJA OFFICE
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Security personnel searched the Labour House in Abuja’s Central Business District.
Benson Upah, spokesperson for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), stated that the “invading troop claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGovernance protests” in a statement.
On August 1, some Nigerians took to the streets in protest. They planned for the demonstrations to last for 10 days.
In some states, protests turned violent, resulting in looting and vandalism.
Upah stated that the invasion of the NLC premises in Abuja began at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.
“Just this afternoon, the National Executive Council of the NLC took note and vehemently condemned the highhanded manner that security agents manhandled protesters in many parts of the country and the needless bloodshed that ensued,” the statement reads.
“We also condemned the sweeping mass arrests of those perceived to have led the protest. The NEC also frowned at the reckless use of ‘treason’ to describe the protest and demanded for moderation.
“What we did not see coming was the invasion of the Labour House by masked men and heavily armed security operatives hours later.”
The statement alleged the operatives arrested the NLC guard on duty “and then commandeered him to the second floor where he was asked to produce the keys to the offices. When he told them he had no such keys on him, they broke into the floor and ransacked the bookshop on the 2nd floor, carting away hundreds of books and other publications”.
The NLC said it has directed its staff to stay away from the building until it is certain that there are no incriminating materials or harmful substances “dropped in our offices by the invading operatives”.
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