Our reporter/ The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday issued a 5-day ultimatum for the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State.
The ultimatum is a response to the attack on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Thursday.
The Organised Labour made this call in a press briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
They also demanded the arrest and prosecution of the Special Adviser to the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Special Duties, threatening to embark on a nationwide industrial action if their demands were not carried out.
The union leaders are accusing the Imo State government as well as the police of being responsible for the attack on the NLC leader.
However, both the police and the state government had denied every allegation against them in their separate responses on Friday.
Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State on Wednesday during a protest by workers in Imo State over an alleged “serial and habitual abuse and violation” of their rights by the state government.
Police said Ajeoro was taken into custody for his protection, but the NLC said he was brutalised after his arrest.
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