DSS occupies SERAP office in Abuja – Group, as Tinubu govt reportedly clamps down on Labour, CSOs

By OUR REPORTER

In what looks like clampdown on the labour and civil society groups by administration of President Bola Tinubu, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says officers from the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken control of its Abuja office.

This was as DSS arrested President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero,  earlier on Mondsy in Abuja blocking him from travelling to attend Trade Union Congress conference in London, United Kingdom.

SERAP made this known in a statement on it X handle on Monday, describing the action as an ‘unlawful occupation’.

SERAP said the officers are demanding to meet with the organisation’s directors.

It called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the DSS to end the “harassment, intimidation and attack on the rights of Nigerians.

The statement reads, “Officers from Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) are presently unlawfully occupying SERAP’s office in Abuja, asking to see our directors.

“President Tinubu must immediately direct the SSS to end the harassment, intimidation and attack on the rights of Nigerians.”