THE Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Comrade Emmanuel Ademokun and his Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) counterpart in the state, Mr Shaka Otoide, were at the weekend arrested by security agents for their roles in the wilful destruction of property belonging to one Mrs Rose Nweke.
The duo were said to have removed the roof of Mrs Nweke’s shop located within the premises of the Civil Service Club, located at GRA, Benin City.
The Civil Service club is being managed by the NLC.
It was gathered that comrades Ademokun and Otoide were picked up last Friday by officers of the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Benin after Mrs Nweke brought charges of wilful destruction of property against them.
Counsel to Mrs Nweke, Olayiwola Afolabi, said the duo removed the roof of his client’s shop and in the process destroyed items such as freezers, microwave oven and foodstuffs.
When contacted, Mrs Nweke said her N200,000 per annum rent expired last September and that it was barely two months to the three-month quit notice served her by the management of the Civil Service Club when her shop was damaged.
She noted that the value of the property she lost was being put together for the management of the Civil Service Club to pay, adding that the matter will go to court if her things were not replaced.
The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr Chris Ezike, also noted that Comrade Ademokun and his NJC counterpart took the laws into their hands, hence their arrest.
NLC chairman arrested in Edo for property destruction
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