NLC President Allegedly Arrested In Owerri
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, was on Wednesday allegedly arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah who confirmed the arrest, noted that Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress and taken to an unknown location.
He said, “President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero was picked up a few minutes ago from NLC state council secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination.”
It would be recalled that Ajaero had on Sunday during a press briefing, threatened to mobilise its members for a total strike in Imo state starting Today, November 1, 2023.
The NLC boss accused the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma of neglecting workers’ welfare, adding that many of them have died because of the alleged lack of payment of their salaries.
He noted that the Imo state Government was “violating the rights of the Nigerian workers in the state.”
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