Former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, has revealed that labour leader Joe Ajaero is under investigation for alleged terrorism financing and related offences, and is not allowed to leave Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that Amachree said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.
“There is an ongoing investigation, he (Ajaero) cannot leave the country.
“Let him remain in the country whilst investigations are going on.”
Amachree explained that Ajaero’s case is related to terrorism financing, and that he cannot leave the country until the investigation is complete. “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,” he said.
The ex-DSS director emphasized that Ajaero is being investigated on a personal note, and not as the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). “Joe Ajaero has a terrorism case to answer and he is not above the law,” he said.
Amachree alleged that Ajaero could have fled Nigeria like wanted Binance executive Nadeem Anjarwalla if allowed to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday. He added that intelligence agencies in Nigeria should be doing everything to repatriate Wynne from Britain to Nigeria.
The secret police arrested Ajaero on Monday morning and released him around midnight. Ajaero was on his way to the United Kingdom for a Trade Union Congress (TUC) event when he was arrested at Abuja airport. He denied all allegations levelled against him by security agencies.
