The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have given a five-day deadline for the redeployment of Imo State’s Commissioner of Police.
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, was attacked in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Thursday, prompting the ultimatum.
The threat was given by organized labor leaders at a news conference on Friday, November 3, 2023, in Abuja.
Nationwide strike
The Organised Labour demanded 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 their demands were not carried out.
Some of the other demands made on the Federal Government by the leaders of the 2 unions include the removal of the Commissioner of Police, Imo State, and Area Commander, among other officials, for their alleged complicity in the brutalisation and humiliation of Ajaero and other workers.
The union leaders accused the Imo State government as well as the police of being responsible for the attack on the NLC leader.
