The Nigeria Police Force said the August 7 raid on Labour House in Abuja by its operatives was not targeted at the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.
A statement by the force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday in Abuja, said the raid was in connection to a criminal suspect traced to a rented shop in the building.
Mr Adejobi, an assistant commissioner of police, said the raid followed an ongoing investigation where the prime suspect was traced to a shop within the Labour House in the Central Business District, Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force has noted a publication alleging that the NLC National Secretariat, known as the Labour House, located in the Central Business District, Abuja, was raided by the Police.
The NLC had alleged in a press statement that officers of the Nigeria Police Force, along with some individuals in black T-shirts and others in plain clothes, raided the Labour House.
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to clarify that a prime criminal suspect in an ongoing investigation was traced to a shop within the building in the Central Business District.
“Detectives, armed with the appropriate legal authority, conducted an operation at the location, which turned out to be the NLC building,” he said.
Mr Adejobi enjoined Nigerians to remain vigilant and conduct security profiling of individuals seeking to rent space within their premises.
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