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The Nigeria Police Force has admitted that it conducted a high-profile cognition astatine the nationalist secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, located successful the Central Business District, Abuja.
It said the cognition was aimed astatine apprehending a premier suspect, a overseas nationalist implicated successful galore transgression activities crossed Nigeria and different African countries.
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said successful a connection issued Friday that the NLC Secretariat was not the absorption of the operation, which was targeted astatine a rented store wrong the gathering utilized by the fishy arsenic a beforehand for his transgression activities successful Nigeria.
DAILY POST reports that connected Wednesday, the NLC, successful a connection issued by its Head of Media and Public Relations, raised the alarm that constabulary officers, on with immoderate individuals successful achromatic T-shirts and others successful plainclothes, raided the Labour House.
The constabulary explained that the cognition had nary transportation with the NLC, its secretariat, staff, oregon leadership.
The connection reads: “The Nigeria Police Force has noted a work alleging that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) National Secretariat, known arsenic the Labour House, located successful the Central Business District, Abuja, was raided by the Police.
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to clarify that a premier transgression fishy successful an ongoing probe was traced to a store wrong the gathering successful the Central Business District, Abuja. Detectives, equipped with the due ineligible authority, conducted an cognition astatine the location, which turned retired to beryllium the NLC building.
“This well-coordinated, lawful cognition was solely aimed astatine apprehending the premier suspect—a overseas nationalist implicated successful galore transgression activities crossed Nigeria and different African countries.
“We stress that this cognition had nary transportation with the NLC, its Secretariat, staff, oregon leadership. The NLC Secretariat was not the absorption of the operation, which was targeted astatine a rented store wrong the gathering utilized by the fishy arsenic a beforehand for his transgression activities successful Nigeria.
“The Nigeria Police Force seeks the practice and enactment of the NLC enactment arsenic we proceed this investigation, which is captious to safeguarding our nation.
“The high-profile quality of the fishy poses a important information menace to Nigeria and different African nations, making this probe important for the information of each involved, including the NLC.”
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