The Organised Labour; Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have threatened nationwide action if the arrested President of NLC, Joe Ajaero is not released by the end of today (Wednesday).
It was earlier reported that Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State.
Operatives of the Imo State police command picked him up during a protest by workers in Imo State over an alleged “serial and habitual abuse and violation” of their rights by the state government.
He was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination.
The NLC and TUC in a joint statement shortly after Ajaero’s arrest, accused the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma and the Imo State Commissioner of Police of abducting the NLC leader.
Asking the workers to be on alert for immediate action, the Organised Labour said workers could not be at work while the NLC President was in the gulag.
The Organised Labour said that Uzodimma must be called to order by President Bola Tinubu “to avert what he has chosen to turn the state into – a den of thugs and bloodsuckers.”
See the full statement below:
