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President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday, said he was arrested and brutalised by some operatives of the Nigeria Police allegedly attached to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo. The Labour leader was reportedly arrested during a protest led by the national leadership of the movement against alleged maltreatment of workers in the…

The Imo State Police Command has denied reports that its operatives arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero. DAILY POST

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu’s government to identify, arrest and punish those responsible for the arrest of the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. SaharaReporters earlier reported the arrest of Ajaero by the police in Owerri, the Imo state capital while organizing a rally to protest against stalled wage payments for workers in the state. The NLC later said Ajaero was “thoroughly” brutalised and almost blin...

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In a joint statement by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) shortly after Ajaero’s arrest, the Labour unions accused the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma and the Imo State Commissioner of Police of allegedly abducting the NLC leader.

The police have denied arresting the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress ((NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero during a protest in Imo on Wednesday morning. This was stated in a press statement released by Imo State Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Okoye Henry, explaining that the police presence during the workers’ protest was necessitated due to a subsisting court order which barred the union from holding any demonstration in the state.

The Imo state police command on Wednesday, November 1, denied reports about the arrest of the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Owerri.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has called for the immediate release of the President of the

The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah, said Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress and taken to an unknown location.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have linked the arrest of NLC President, Joe Ajaero in Owerri to the Imo State