BREAKING: DSS grants NLC President Ajaero administrative bail

The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted administrative bail to Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Pro-democracy activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, confirmed Ajaero’s release in a tweet on Monday night.

The news comes after Ajaero’s earlier arrest, which sparked widespread reactions from the NLC and its members, who had demanded his immediate release.

“BREAKING: The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the @NLCHeadquarters President Joe Ajaero from @OfficialDSSNG custody on bail,” he wrote on X.com.

Ajaero was arrested Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, while on his way to the United Kingdom for an official engagement.

Numerous organisations, civil society groups, activists and prominent individuals denounced Ajaero’s arrest and demanded his immediate release.

The NLC condemned the arrest and called for his prompt and unconditional release.

In a statement issued on Monday evening, the NLC’s National Administrative Council, led by Deputy President, Adeyanju Adewale, described Ajaero’s detention as “brazen and illegal” and a clear violation of workers’ rights and democratic values.