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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cDetectives, armed with the appropriate legal authority, conducted an operation at the location, which turned out to be the NLC building,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Adejobi enjoined Nigerians to remain vigilant and conduct security profiling of individuals seeking to rent space within their premises.<\/p>\n
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