The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the detained president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero.

The embattled NLC president was released on bail about after 11:00 pm, on Monday, September 10, after he wrote a statement.

According to reliable sources in the NLC say Ajaero’s release followed a threat by the Labour union to mobilise its affiliate unions for a nationwide showdown with the federal government if Ajaero was not released by midnight on Monday, September 9th 2024.

Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday, September 9, on his way to the United Kingdom for a global Trade Union Congress meeting.