June 03, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army has urged Nigerians to disregard what it described as “deliberate and misleading falsehood” peddled by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that soldiers have surrounded the venue of the meeting between the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and leadership of organised labour.
Earlier, the NLC had alerted Nigerians that soldiers surrounded the premises of the SGF where its leaders are currently meeting with the Government.
The union had warned that any attempt to intimidate, provoke or blackmail “our leaders at the negotiation table” would further prolong the ongoing indefinite strike.
However, the Nigerian Army, in a post on X, described the alarm raised by the NLC as false and misleading. It explained that the soldiers around the premises were retinue of statutorily approved military escorts of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is also part of the meeting.
The post reads: “The attention of Army Headquarters has been drawn to false breaking news by NLC alleging that soldiers currently surround the venue of the ongoing meeting between NLC and the SGF.
“Kindly note that the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is also attending the meeting, arrived at the meeting venue with his retinue of statutorily approved military escorts. Once the meeting is over, the escorts will lead the NSA from the venue.
“Kindly disregard the deliberate and misleading falsehood being peddled about the presence of the escorts at the meeting.”
