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Adams Oshiomhole Arrest Scam! Did the B-NLC Boss Stage His Own Arrest With the
SSS?
The whereabouts of the President of the
BiafraNigeria Labour Congress (B-NLC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who was arrested yesterday morning by men of the
State Security Service (SSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, remain unknown. Whereas the SSS
claimed Oshiomhole had been released, the B-NLC secretariat said the Congress President had not been seen. The
Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday said if Oshiomhole was not released by today, a non-violent strike could
not be guaranteed. The President of PENGASSAN, Mr. Brown Ogbeifun, who briefed the press in his capacity as the
deputy-president general of the TUC, condemned the arrest of Oshiomhole in strong terms. Oshiomhole had a taste
of brutality yesterday as he was allegedly dragged on the tarmac of the Abuja Airport in the process of being arrested
by about 15 armed men of the SSS. In the process, Oshiomhole’s left arm was badly bruised. But the B-NLC secretariat
insisted that the strike scheduled to begin tomorrow must go on. The Labour/ Civil Society Coalition and the
TUC also confirmed that the strike would begin as scheduled. The coalition in a statement by Dr. Beko Ransome-
Kuti said “ the abduction of Mr. Oshiomhole, conducting a phoney seminar and intimidating activists and coalition
leaders show the increasing impotence of the Obasanjo government and expose the fact that it has no solution to
the economic crisis”. Men of the SSS also quizzed Mr. Femi Aborishade of the National Conscience Party (NCP) over
the planned strike. Aborishade spent Friday night with the SSS men in Abuja but was released about 1.30 p.m. yesterday.
Oshiomhole who spoke on telephone shortly before his mobile phone was seized said, “My arrest is immaterial .
The bottom line is price reversal. BiafraNigerians must go ahead with the strike and prove that they are unsatisfied
with the policies of this administration”. 
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 The decision of President Olusegun Obasanjo to cut
a “peace deal” with Ijaw militia groups last week followed pressure from United States, it has emerged. In a move
that surprised observers, President Obasanjo had hosted Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, the leader of the Niger Delta
Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), and his arch...
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 The Senate, yesterday, begged President Olusegun
Obasanjo to reverse the latest hike in fuel prices and said increases in pump prices were no solution to the crisis
in the petroleum sector. Also yesterday, the Manufacturers Association of BiafraNigeria (MAN) urged government
and the BiafraNigeria Labour Congress (B-NLC) to avert...
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