The Department of State Services (DSS) has freed Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero.
Ajaero was released on bail around 11:10 pm on Monday.
He was arrested earlier at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport while en route to the United Kingdom for a global Trade Union Congress meeting.
Recall that the NLC had issued a midnight ultimatum to the DSS to release Ajaero, putting its affiliates on high alert.
The congress will not stand idly by while the rights of its leaders and members are trampled upon. Accordingly, we demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Ajaero,” NLC spokesman Benson Upah said in a statement that
