Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), claims labor leader Joe Ajaero is being investigated for possible terrorism financing and related offenses and is not permitted to leave Nigeria.
“There is an ongoing investigation, he (Ajaero) cannot leave the country,” Amachree said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. “Let him remain in the country whilst investigations are going on.”
“For terrorism financing which he (Ajaero) has been accused of, and which is under investigation, he cannot leave the country. Even if he is leaving the country, where is he going?
“Remember, the main man (Andrew Wynne) that was suspected of financing terrorism is his tenant and I don’t think Ajaero is going to go to London without talking to that person because he is in London running his mouth,” Amachree said.
According to the ex-DSS director, Ajaero’s personality differs from his current position as president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). He stated that Ajaero is being probed on a personal basis rather than as NLC boss.
Amachree believes Ajaero was on security agencies’ watch list when he was stopped and brought up at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday morning.
‘Not Above The Law’
The former DSS director alleged that the labour leader could have fled Nigeria like wanted Binance executive Nadeem Anjarwalla if allowed to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday.
“Joe Ajaero has a terrorism case to answer and he is not above the law,” he said, adding that the intelligence agencies in Nigeria should be doing everything to repatriate Wynne from Britain to Nigeria.
The secret police apprehended Ajaero on Monday morning and released him at midnight.
On Monday, the labour leader was arrested at Abuja International Airport while on his way to the United Kingdom for a Trade Union Congress (TUC) convention.
Despite being held by the DSS, the labour leader stated that some police officers approached him at the DSS office in Abuja to question him about the August countrywide #EndBadGovernance rallies.
Ajaero said he was questioned about possible terrorism financing involving Wynne, who has been declared wanted by authorities. Both Ajaero and Wynne disputed all of the claims made against them by security officials.
