By Mariam Olalekan
Ahead of the February 27 and 28 nationwide protests against hardship and inflation in the country under President Bola Tinubu, human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday met with the leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to deliberate on the upcoming national rally.
Osuntv.com.ng learnt that the organised labour also discussed plots by the Department of State Services (DSS) to recruit thugs to attack protesters during the rally.
In a post of his X handle, Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, said the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, during the meeting also warned that Nigeria would “be shut down PERMANENTLY if a strand of hair falls from the body of any protester across Nigeria on February 27 and 28, 2024.”
The activist said, “Today at a meeting with the leadership of the @NLCHeadquarters in Abuja led by @JoeAjaero94024 to discuss and review serious and important national issues including but not limited to the execution of the upcoming two-day national rally to end hardships facing workers and Nigerians! We also discussed plans by the lawless @OfficialDSSNG to recruit thugs to attack protesters during the rally and the Comrade President Joe Ajaero vowed that Nigeria will be shut down PERMANENTLY if a strand of hair falls from the body of any protester across Nigeria on February 27 & 28 2024.
