The Nigeria Police has taken over the offices of Secretary to Abia State Government and Head of Service in Umuahia.
The mission of the operatives, who were there in two vans, was not known but it is believed they were sent to maintain law and order.
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abia State who earlier protested the selective payment of workers’ salaries by the state government, sealed the gates to the SSG and HoS offices which are adjacent Abia State Government House along Library Avenue.
Paschal Nweke, the State Chairman of NLC, had on Wednesday, advised all civil servants to remain at home to press home NLC’s demands, saying that the strike the union embarked upon had not been called off.
Nweke added that the state government reneged on agreements it had reached with labour leaders, which according to him, necessitated the continuation of the strike.
Though the NLC boss confirmed that some workers had received salaries, he lamented that the state government allegedly handpicked some offices and persons for payment while leaving others without pay.
However, the state government last weekend, said it had fulfilled its promises to pay the workers.