- The NLC had vowed to mobilise its members for a total strike in Imo state starting Today, November 1, 2023.
- NLC said that Ajaero was beaten by police officers and thugs hired by the state government, noting that he was also bundled into a police van and taken to an unknown destination.
The capital of Imo State, Owerri, has seen the arrest of Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
Police officers using heavy weapons pulled up Ajaero from the NLC State Council Secretariat and took him somewhere.
Days before, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the National Labour Congress (NLC) were ordered by the National Industrial Court not to stage any protests in the state.
In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and Comrade Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said the Imo state government has continued to use violence and intimidation against trade unions and their leadership in the state.
“Just as Nigerian workers gathered earlier this morning led by the leadership of the two labour centres to demonstrate our outrage over the serial and habitual abuse and violation of the rights of workers in the state; the Government unleashed blood-cuddling mayhem on the workers,” they said.
NLC said that Ajaero was beaten by police officers and thugs hired by the state government, noting that he was also bundled into a police van and taken to an unknown destination.
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