What would have resulted in an ugly clash by protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was on Thursday averted, by Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and human rights lawyer, at the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) office, in Abuja......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Falana, alongside Deji Adeyanju and Maxwell Opara among others who accompanied Joe Ajaero, the NLC President to the police station, persuaded the workers to stop the protests, averting crisis as the police.BusinessDay checks revealed that the Police had mobilised its men and stationed them a few meters away from the NLC headquarters, Abuja, as early as 7am.
Sensing that the situation would have become uncontrollable, Falana was able to persuade the NLC members to stay away from the Police formation, adding that he would handle the invitation professionally.Following the intervention, Ajaero was accompanied by the team of lawyers and a few of NLC members and arrived at the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) office in Abuja at about 10:20 a.m.
The visit followed an invitation by the police for “interview” on charges connected to “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, reasonable felony, subversion and cybercrime “.
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