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NLC President Joe Ajaero Hospitalized In Imo After Police Attack
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has been hospitalized in Imo State after he was brutally beaten according to a top official of the Labour Union.
The NLC head of Information and Publicity, Comrade Benson Upah said Ajaero’s right eye was completely shut at the time of making contact.
He stated that the NLC President was beaten up, blindfolded and taken to an unknown destination where he was brutalized.
He added that the NLC President’s phones, money, and other personal effects were taken off him and yet to be returned.
Comrade Joe Ajaero, NLC President Leading A protest
According to Upah, Ajaero is currently hospitalized and receiving attention at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.
The update from Upah reads: “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 brutalized, his right eye at the time of contact was completely shut. Ajaero was beaten up 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.”
Earlier, this news medium reported that Ajaero was arrested during the protest in Imo State over the poor working conditions of workers in the state.
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