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President, Nigeria Labour Congress , Joe Ajaero with NLC members at Federal Medical Centre , Owerri, following an attack by thugs allegedly sponsored by Imo State government, after NLC and Trade Union Congress protested violation of workers’ rights in Imo State… yesterday.• Police deny arrest, say Ajaero was rescued from angry mobImo State was the centre of political chaos yesterday, two days after calm was restored in neighbouring Rivers State.
NLC had directed workers in the state to embark on a protest to demand implementation of their demands from the state government, including appropriate payment of the minimum wage, pensions and gratuities to retirees, among other welfare packages. That was the third of such protests since Ajaero emerged NLC president in February this year.
Organised labour, in a joint statement signed by General Secretaries of the NLC and TUC, Emmanuel Ugboaja and Nuhu Toro, respectively, called on Nigerian workers, state councils and their branches to be on alert for immediate nationwide action, stating that they could not be at peace when the government of Imo State continues to disrespect workers and treat them with utter disdain.
“They eventually bundled the president into their waiting van and whisked him away to an unknown destination. This latest action further demonstrates our earlier cries to Nigerians on the level of violence and impunity going on in Imo. If the NLC president can be abducted in broad daylight, imagine what they have been doing to workers and trade union leaders in the state,” the statement said.
Giving an update, Head of Information and Publicity at NLC, Benson Upah, said: “Contact was made with Congress President around 3:30p.m. at the Police Hospital in Owerri from where he was taken to Federal Medical Centre, Owerri where he is receiving medical attention. BUT the Imo State police command countered reports that it arrested Ajaero. The command’s spokesman, Henry Okafor, in a release, said Ajaero was rather taken into custody for safety following an attempt by some aggrieved union members to lynch him.
“The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ahmed Barde, thereafter directed that he should be taken to the Police Medical Services, Owerri, where he would be accorded medical attention as a result of the attack. He has therefore been accorded adequate security cover to proceed on his other legitimate engagements for the day.”
“Our investigation further revealed that the workers were protesting against the declaration of over 4,000 civil servants in the state as ghost workers. As a responsible and responsive campaign council championing a genuine cause for the people of the state, it is condemnable for Uzodinma to order the abduction of Comrade Ajaero, in a state he is a bonafide citizen.
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