BREAKING: Army Reacts After Soldiers Surrounded Venue Of NLC Meeting With FG

The Nigerian army has refuted claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that soldiers are surrounding the venue of an ongoing meeting with the government, labeling the allegations as false and misleading.

The army clarified that the soldiers present are the authorized military escorts for National Security Advisor (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who is also participating in the meeting.

In a post on its official X handle on Monday, the Army Headquarters stated: “The attention of Army Headquarters has been drawn to a false breaking news by NLC alleging that soldiers currently surround the venue of the ongoing meeting between NLC and the SGF.

“Please 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,” the post concluded.

Earlier, the NLC had raised concerns that soldiers were surrounding the venue of its meeting with the federal government regarding minimum wage negotiations.