The Chairman of the Ekiti State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ade Adesanmi has denied the allegation that labour leaders in the state collected N25 million from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to embark on the recent industrial action by workers, The Vanguard reports.

Speaking in Ado Ekiti over the weekend, Adesanmi described the accusation as an insult to Ekiti workers. He also appealed to workers in the state to remain loyal to the Ayodele Fayose administration to prevent anarchy in the system.

Adesanmi said upon investigation they found out that the “unfounded accusation” was being spread by a federal lawmaker.

Adesanmi said, “The issue of us getting N25 million bribe from the opposition and the N10 million they said we collected from the government were cheer blackmail. We have investigated the matter very well and we got to know that a certain female senator from Ekiti was behind the allegation.

“But let me say here that the crops of NLC leaders we have in Ekiti are not the type that will compromise. We have never done that and we will never do it,” he said.

Oludolapo Adelana

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