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Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) condemned the raid of the invasion of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by some security agents late Wednesday night.
Atiku, in a statement via his Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe said such clandestine raids on civil liberties had no place in a democracy.
He said: “The invasion of the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, by persons believed to be security operatives, whether singly or as a combined team, stands condemned.
“The practice of such raids without a valid court order and in the wee hours of the day reflects the current administration’s desire to hold on to the vestiges of military dictatorship which the NLC, civil society and the media fought so hard to end and birth the democratic rule we enjoy today.
Obi on his part in a statement through his Media Aide, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, Obi noted that raiding the office of the labour union, especially at an unholy hour, was not the best thing to do.
He said: “The NLC as an organization, fights for the rights of the majority of Nigerian workers and their officials are accessible.
“If any of our security agencies desire to see them, the proper thing to do is to invite them and I know they are law-abiding; they will honour such invitations.
“Invading their offices, especially after office hours, is an attempt to intimidate them. This has no place in a democracy.’’
The invasion drew criticism to the DSS who in a statement in Abuja denied embarking on the raid. This was disclosed by the security agency in a terse statement.
“Good morning dear friends. Please, kindly note that the Service (DSS) did not carry out any operation at the NLC office in Abuja,” a spokesperson of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya said.
