The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied accusations that its agents broke into the Nigerian Labour Congress’s Abuja headquarters.
On Thursday, August 8, 2024, the DSS provided the clarification via its X page.
The statement said: ”Please kindly note that the Service (DSS) did not carry out any operation at the NLC office in Abuja.”
It was stated on Wednesday that armed individuals who appeared to be DSS employees broke into the NLC headquarters and stole multiple documents.
“The incident allegedly happened at 8:30 p.m., when agents allegedly broke into the Labour House”. NLC stated.
According to Benson Upah, Head of Media and Public Relations at NLC, the intruders trashed the second-floor bookshop, stealing hundreds of books and other publications.
“The invading team claimed that they were searching for seditious materials allegedly used during the #EndBadGovernance protests,” Upah said.
The NLC, however, noted that it could not immediately ascertain the full extent of the items taken during the raid.
The NLC, meanwhile, has asked that the security personnel leave its property right now and denounced what it called an illegal invasion.
“The Nigeria Labour Congress condemns in its entirety this new law in security operations in Nigeria. The armed security operatives showed no legal documents permitting them to invade the premises of the Nigeria Labour Congress at the ungodly hour of the night,” the NLC said in a statement.
The NLC further expressed its dismay by pointing out that the NLC secretariat had never been the target of such an attack, not even in the dark days of military rule.
