Armed thugs with knives, sticks and stones, attacked the peaceful protest of labour union leaders and members in Kaduna State on Tuesday.

The incident took place at the NEPA roundabout, Kaduna State, where security agents and police quickly took action to protect the protesters and apprehend some of the thugs who are currently in police custody.

One of the protesters, Mr Daniel John said, “We were at NEPA roundabout and about to be addressed by our chairman when the heavily armed thugs in their numbers arrived.

“They began to wield knives and sticks while others throw stones at us.

“We were lucky security personnel were with us, who engaged the thugs and manage to disperse them and arrest some of them,” he said.

Mr Ayuba Suleiman, the NLC Chairman of the state, had earlier said that the labour unions were committed to the principle of dialogue and social bargaining for the benefit of disengaged workers in the state.

Suleiman also alerted the general public to watch out for thugs who were allegedly recruited to disrupt the peace in order to blame the labour unions.

Another protester, Fatima Abdulhamid, thanked the police and other security personnel for responding to the threat and overrunning the thugs.

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