Huhuonline.com understands there was an incident at the gate of the Nasarawa state house were harmless protesting worker who assembled at the government house awaiting the outcome of the NLC meeting with Gov. Umaru Al-Makura were shot by policemen.
It was gathered that that three members of the NLC have been hospitalised while one I reported dead after some policemen opened fire on them on Friday.
Workers in the state had embarked on an indefinite strike following the decision of the state government to slash their salary by 50 per cent.
According to NLC leader, Ayuba Wabba: “The workers were unarmed and peacefully protesting for their rights only to be shot at by policemen stationed at the government house gate.
“We do not know what prompted them to shoot at unarmed workers who were waiting for us to finish discussion with the state government over the issue of their emoluments.
“They were attacked with maximum force. You can see one dead, two critically injured. They were very peaceful, unfortunately the police, under whatever pretence opened fire. It is most unfortunate.”
