By Abiola Olawale
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has vowed to fight against any attempt to intimidate him or the union.
The NLC boss made this declaration after his appearance at the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
It would be recalled that Ajaero had been invited by the police to address allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony.
He arrived at the IRT office at 10:17 a.m. on Thursday in the company of radical lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, activist Deji Adeyanju, and other senior NLC officials.
Addressing the press shortly after the interrogation with the police, Ajaero faulted the allegations levelled against him.
He asserted that the NLC remains committed to defending the rights of Nigerian workers and will not be cowed by any form of intimidation.
He said: “We can’t be intimidated. The allegations against us are baseless, and we have nothing to hide.
“You can’t do this job we’re doing without this type of hazard.
“Even at the unit level, some of us experienced it. As far back as 1997/1998 with Femi Falana, we were equally together in the cell during the time of Abacha.
“But whatever the case is, we’re out to continue the struggle. We’ve gotten minimum wage, but we can’t be intimidated. We have to press for its implementation as soon as possible.
“Every other thing that will make the welfare of the Nigerian workers worthwhile, we will be involved in it.”
