The organised labour on Friday declared Wednesday,8th, November 2023 a nationwide strike following Monday's manhandling of the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State.
Joe was whisked away by the Police at a protest on non-payment of workers by the Imo State Government in the State Capital.
NLC accused the Imo State Governor,named Hope Uzodimma, of conspiring with the State Commissioner of Police,Barde, to 'abduct' Ajaero.
On Friday, November 3, the Deputy President of NLC, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, and the deputy president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in a joint briefing with journalists in Abuja gave implementation of six point demand of the Federal Government to avert the looming strike.
Among the demands includes; the immediate removal of the IMO State Commissioner of Police, area commander, and other state Government Officials fingered in the alleged brutalization of Ajaero and other workers who were humiliated in the assault.
The NLC'S Deputy President, Adeyanju Adewale, and TUC's Deputy President, Tommy Okon, addressed the press by saying;
"The NLC President was blindfolded and whisked away by security operatives in the state before intervention from the National Security Adviser, named Nuhu Ribadu.
He was also beaten along with other workers with his phone seized, and journalists also maltreated with evidence shrouded away from the Police."
"The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, should not only be investigated and redeployed but should be held accountable for his action on Ajaero.
