The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued a 5-day ultimatum for the redeployment on 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 yesterday, with the Organised Labour demanding 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 there demands are not carried out.
In a statement today, the union leaders are accusing the Imo State government as well as the police for being responsible for the attack on the NLC leader which the police and the state government had denied.
Earlier, Governor Hope Uzodimma, accused Ajaero, an indigene of Imo State, of involving in local politics, insinuating that the attack was a result of meddling in unknown affairs on the local front.
Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, 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, was allegedly taken into custody by the Police for his protection, but the NLC said he was brutalised after his arrest.
