On Monday, January 26, there was tension in Abuja as a group of disgruntled workers chased the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike’s motorcade during a protest over unresolved salary and welfare issues.

Videos circulated on the internet showed the irate employees chasing a car that Wike was purportedly driving.

Chanting and making their way toward the cars, the demonstrators demanded that their complaints be taken seriously.

As part of their ongoing indefinite strike, the striking workers, supported by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), picketed the National Industrial Court in Abuja earlier today. They demanded that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike be removed and that unpaid entitlements be paid..

The protesters carried placards reading “Wike must go!!”, “Abuja no be Rivers”, “Pay promotion arrears”, “Enough is Enough” and “No working tools” as they massed at the court entrance, witnesses and pictures from the scene showed.

The workers embarked on the strike over alleged unresolved welfare issues, including five months of unpaid salaries, long-outstanding promotion arrears, and poor working conditions.

Minister Wike dragged the striking unions before the National Industrial Court requesting an order to stop them from continuing with the strike action.