Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the recent attack on Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in Imo state.
Ajaero was reportedly taken by heavily armed police officers from the Imo council secretariat of the NLC in Owerri on Wednesday.
The NLC claims that Ajaero was beaten and blindfolded immediately after his arrest, while the police command in Imo insists that he was taken into protective custody to prevent a potential mob lynching.
This incident occurred amidst the NLC’s planned protest in Imo to address the alleged violation of workers’ rights and privileges. Ajaero had accused the Imo government of not paying certain workers for 20 months.
Expressing his concern, Obi stated, “What happened to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Imo State, yesterday has come as a rude shock to most Nigerians.”
He further added, “It says a lot about the state of affairs in our country today. It shows the level of lawlessness, impunity, criminality, and rascality that have engulfed our dear country. Things like this should worry any discerning mind because it runs counter to the type of country that we all desire and deserve.
“In the New Nigeria of our dreams, abuse of power and the reckless violation of citizens’ rights through acts of impunity will have no place.”
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