Kaduna Labour Crisis: NLC Threatens General Strike As El-Rufai Declares Wabba Wanted

There was pandemonium in Kaduna State on Tuesday when thugs attacked workers at a rally organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress as the storm entered the second day.

In a statement released by it’s Acting General Secretary, Ismail Bello, the NLC condemned the attack and threatened to embark on a nationwide strike.

Recall that earlier, the state Govenor, Nasir El-Rufai had declared the National President, Ayuba Wabba wanted for economic sabotage

Speaking at the rally shortly after the confusion, the NLC president alleged that the state government hired the hoodlums to attack the peaceful rally, saying that “we have dismantled them.”

Wabba said, “I called the Department of State Services headquarters, I called the DIG Operation. I also called the State(Kaduna) Director of the DSS, I gave them the information.

“While we are here (NEPA roundabout), they(thugs) came but we thank God that we have dismantled them. We have chased them away because we have the numbers.

“We have no thugs and we are not using thugs but we have Nigerian workers. And we thank God that we will catch them alive and we are going to dismantle them.”

El-Rufai had earlier on Tuesday declared the NLC president and other officials of the union wanted for sabotaging the economy of the state.

The governor tweeted, “Ayuba Wabba & others of @NLCHeadquarters declared wanted for economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure under Miscellaneous Offences Act. Anyone that knows where he is hiding should send a message to @MOJKaduna KDSG. There will be a handsome reward!”

But curiously, the NLC President was at the rally at the NEPA roundabout, which the thugs interrupted.