Security agents believed to be officials of the State Security Service (SSS) stormed the office of a prominent civil society group, SERAP, on Monday morning;
The officers were “illegally occupying the SERAP office in Abuja, demanding to see our directors,” the civic group wrote on X.
“President Tinubu must immediately order the SSS to stop harassment, intimidation and attacks on the rights of Nigerians,” SERAP wrote.
Neither the police nor the SSS have commented on the matter.
This incident is separate from the reported arrest of Nigerian Labour Congress President Joe Ajaero also on Monday morning.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the NLC said Mr Ajaero was arrested by the SSS at the Abuja airport.
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The Nigerian government has been accused of repressing civic space through the arrest and intimidation of activists, journalists and civil society personnel.
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