Heavily armed security personnel stormed and raided the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja on Thursday, the union said.
According to the union, the operatives stormed the Labour House around 8:30 p.m., NLC’s PRO, Benson Upah, disclosed in a statement.
“They broke in and ransacked the bookshop on the 2nd floor, carting away hundreds of books and other publications,” the statement reads.
“The invading troop claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for the #EndBadGoveranance Protests.”
The Nigeria Labour Congress is not immediately able to ascertain all the things taken away from its offices.
The union has blasted the raid, which took place six days after the #EndBadGovernance protests began. The NLC also demanded the immediate withdrawal of the security operatives from its headquarters.
“The Nigeria Labour Congress condemns in its entirety this new low in security operations in Nigeria. The armed security operatives showed no legal document permitting them to invade the premises of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the ungodly hours of the night,” the union said.
“Even in the dark days of military rule, Nigeria Labour Congress secretariats were never invaded and ransacked by security agents. Today is indeed a very sad day for our democracy.”
