
The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has been arrested by the operatives of the Department of the State Service, DSS
Its was gathered that he was arrested this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Ajaero was about to board a flight to the United Kingdom, UK, for an official assignment when DSS picked him up.
Alhough details of the arrest and the reasons are still sketchy, sources said he has been handed over to the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
According to sources, Ajaero was billed to attend the conference of Trade Union Congress, TUC, in the UK holding today.
Head of Information of the NLC, Mr Benson Upah, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television.
Upah said the union does not know where Ajaero had been taken but he had sent a message saying it was the DSS that arrested him.