The NLC President reported that workers who arrived at the protest site at around 7 a.m. that day were beaten by bandits and had their phones confiscated.
The NLC chairman said the police arrested him and handed him over to gangsters
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), has described how he was assaulted by so-called thugs in Imo state.
Ajaero claims that after being detained by police in the Imo state capital, Owerri, he was handed over to seven thugs who “Beat him and drag him to the ground like a common criminal.”
At a press conference held in Abuja on Friday, November 10, the NLC Chairman provided the narrative.
He said the NLC sent letters to every security agency before they arrived in the state to take part in last week’s demonstrations.
The NLC chairman said that workers who arrived at the protest site around 7am that day were beaten by thugs who confiscated their phones.
Ajaero said he reached there around 9 am after receiving information about the attack on the workers.
The NLC president said the police arrested him and handed him over to thugs.
“I can’t explain why I was beaten,” he said.
They tied my hands and dragged me on the floor like a common criminal.”
Ajaero said he is not a member of any political party as claimed.
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