NLC Says Ajaero may be Flown Abroad for Medical Treatment, Following Injuries from Imo Attack

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its President, Joe Ajaero may be flown abroad for full medical examination, following the injuries he sustained, while leading workers’ protests in Owerri, the Imo State Capital.

The Union’s Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, said the condition of aAjaero was critical after he was seriously beaten during his arrest on Wednesday in Owerri.

According to him, NLC is considering flying him abroad, because he could hardly talk, and almost passed out on Thursday night.

The NLC assistant general secretary said they suspect Ajaero might have been injected with substance.

He adds that the protests by NLC in Imo State had been suspended, because other labour leaders were also injured in the attack on Ajaero.

Meanwhile, leaders of the organized labour would meet on Tuesday, next week on the issue.

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Meantime, more reactions have continued to trail the attack and brutalization of Ajaero and other labour leaders in Owerri.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 2023 Presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, condemned the attack on Joe Ajaero, describing it as lawlessness, impunity, criminality, and rascality.

Obi, who condemned the attack on Ajaerovia his X account (formerly Twitter), the incident “has come as a rude shock to most Nigerians. It says a lot about the state of affairs in our country today.”
The LP candidate, said: “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.”