Nigeria: Assassination of trade unionist

The TUC General Council, expresses shock and outrage at the brutal murder of Mr Alhaji Saula Saka, Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on 6 January 2008. Our information is that Mr Saka was shot at his home in Iyana Ipaja on the evening of 6 January 2008 by four men and that he succumbed to his injuries at the Lagos State University Hospital in Ikeja at 9.30pm. Mr Saka's brother is of the view that his death was directly linked to his trade union leadership.