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NLC Leadership Threatened As SSS Arraigns Rumor Peddling Politicians In Adamawa

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has received a threatening e mail from the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram over its role in … Continue reading NLC Leadership Threatened As SSS Arraigns Rumor Peddling Politicians In Adamawa


NLC Leadership Threatened As SSS Arraigns Rumor Peddling Politicians In Adamawa

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has received a threatening e mail from the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram over its role in the removal of fuel subsidy.

NLC Leadership Threatened As SSS Arraigns Rumor Peddling Politicians In Adamawa

The sect blamed the NLC leadership for accepting the Federal Government’s reduction of the fuel price to N97 instead of the reversal to N65 as demanded by the Nigerian people.

In letter purportedly written by the sect via e-mail, the sect threatened the leadership of the NLC to resign and also threatened to attack the Labour House.

Though the letter was not made available to the media as of press time on Tuesday, a source at the Labour House confirmed that a mail was sent to the NLC by a group bearing that name.

The NLC is however trying to confirm the authenticity of the letter to be sure it came from the members of the dreaded sect.

The source confirmed that security operatives have been handed the said letter to analyse and confirm its authenticity. He however noted that the Leadership of the NLC was waiting for the confirmation by security before going to press.

“It is true that we received a mail from a group, which called itself by that name, but the letter is with the security. We are trying to analyse if it is genuine or not. We did not want to make it a media issue until we analyse it,” the source said last night.

Meanwhile, politicians (Mr Edward Ogundani and Mr Charles Tomlava) peddling rumors of Jihad in Adamawa state have been arraigned by the State Security Service before a Yola Magistrate Court in the state capital.

Ogundani is the spokesman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) gubernatorial candidate in the state and is said to be a member of the syndicate which has four other members of the group under investigation at the SSS office in Yola.
The state had recently witnessed communal conflicts and gun attacks resulting in the loss of lives and property.

The suspects were alleged to have been using the text messages and pamphlets to heighten tension in the state ahead of the re-scheduled governorship elections billed for early February.

The prosecutors told the magistrate that “the arrested culprits commenced sending of text messages, circulating pamphlets purportedly written by yet to be identified one Sheikh A.Y. Muhammad that Muslims will launch Jihad against Christians ahead of the elections, a situation that has created panicking in the state.”

The chief Magistrate, Susan Ellam ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case to February 2.

The SSS has in recent times submitted names of politicians who it said were in its “black book” to their respective political parties for reprimand.

Although the SSS declined to release the list to newsmen, the State Director, Mr. Alfred Olusegun Ajayi, stated that the action became necessary because of the bad records of some politicians in the state.

Ajayi said that while some of the parties and their officials had been playing the game according to the rules, others engaged in acts inimical to law and order.