President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero on Friday said that he was arrested in Owerri by the Police and was handed over to waiting thugs who got him thoroughly beaten.
Comrade Joe Ajaero said that the thugs who were about seven in number dragged him on the floor like a common criminal.
Briefing journalists in Abuja, Comrade Joe Ajaero said the NLC wrote to all the security agencies before they went to the state for the protest on November 1, 2023, adding that the thugs who were about seven in number dragged him on the floor like a common criminal.
The NLC president explained that workers who arrived at the venue of the protest on that day around 7 am were beaten up by thugs with their phones seized.
According to him, he got there around 9 am after he got the report of an assault on workers, noting that the police arrested him and handed him over to thugs.
The NLC President denied the allegation by the Imo State government that he is a card-carrying member of the Labour Party.
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