BREAKING: "The Beating I Received", NLC President Ajaero Finally Opens Up
- The NLC president, Joe Ajaero, has revealed that he was arrested by the police and handed over to the thugs for beating
- Ajaero, at a press conference on Friday, said the thugs that beat him during a protest in Imo last week were about seven in number
- The NLC president added that they wrote to all relevant security agencies before the protest in Imo state, but they were attacked by some thugs in the state
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FCT, Abuja - Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has explained his experience on the recent beating he received during a protest in Imo.
According to The Nation, the NLC president disclosed that he was arrested by the police in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, and subsequently handed over to about seven thugs who “beat him and dragged him on the floor like a common criminal.”
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Ajaero gave the account of the incident at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, November 10.
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We write security agencies before staging protest, Ajaero
He said that organised labour wrote to all relevant security agencies before they went ahead with the protest on Wednesday.
According to him, the workers arrived at the protest venue at about 7 am in the morning but were beaten up by the thugs and their phones were seized.
The NLC president added that he got there at about 9 am when he got the report of the assault on workers, adding that he was then arrested and handed over to the thugs who beat him. He clarified that he was not a card-carrying member of any political party.
How thugs beat me during protest in Imo, NLC president
His statement reads in part:
“I can’t explain the beating I received. They tied my hands and dragged me on the floor like a common criminal.”
Last week, the Ajaero has mobilised some members of the organised labour to lead a protest in Imo State, where they were attack by some thugs. Governor Hope Uzodimma on Thursday apolgised to the union on behalf of the state.
"Let Tinubu breathes": Oluwo sends message to NLC, Nigerians
Legit.ng earlier reported that Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, has called on the NLC and Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu.
The monarch called on the NLC, under the leadership of Joe Ajaero, not to weaponise strike against the new administration.
Akanbi expressed confidence that things would turn around for the country, adding that the problem was not created by President Tinubu.
Source: Legit.ng
