November 01, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has raised the alarm after its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, was brutalised with one of his eyes completely shut.
This was disclosed on Wednesday evening, by Benson Upah, the NLC Head of Information and Publicity.
Earlier, Executive Director of Rule of Law, Advocacy and Accountability Centre (RULAAC), Okechukwu Nwanguma, confirmed that Ajaero was brutalised by police operatives.
“I’m told that the chief security aid to Governor Hope Uzodinma, known as Chinasa Nwaneri, who commands the Ebubeagu Security outfit, led police officers to arrest Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, brutalised him, tore his clothes and have taken him to the dreaded Tiger Base, which is the police unit that implements the terror agenda of the government in Imo State”, he said.
Upar said Ajaero has been rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, where he is being treated.
He said that “contact has been made with Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, this evening around 15:30 hours, at the Police Hospital in Owerri from where he was taken to Federal Medical Centre, Owerri where he is receiving medical attention.
“Thoroughly brutalised, his right eye at the time of contact was completely shut.
“Ajaero, who said little stated that immediately after his arrest, he was beaten up and blindfolded and taken to an unknown destination where more brutalisation took place, sometimes with bottles.
“His phones, money and other personal effects were taken off him and have not been returned to him.”
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