Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has accused the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, of interfering in the state’s politics.

The MATRIX reports organised labour had accused Uzodimma, of conspiring with the state’s Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Barde, to “abduct” their president.

Ajaero, during a press briefing earlier in the week, had accused the Imo State government of “violating the rights of the Nigerian workers in the state,” and therefore vowed to mobilise members of the union in the state for a total strike.

This was, as he alleged, an attempt to blackmail his government over non-payment of salaries, insisting that all the state workers have been paid their due wages.

Uzodimma made these observations when he addressed State House correspondents after receiving the All Progressives Congress’ flag from President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

“What has happened in this ugly coincidence is that the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress is from Imo State and has not been able to demarcate the difference between being a national leader of an organisation and then an interested party in local politics,” he said.

Ajaero was said to have been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command while leading a protest in the state on Wednesday.

But the command said he was only rescued from a mob and put in protective custody.

Ajaero was seen in a viral video, sitting between two men while he was being rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.

The governor’s accusation comes after the NLC accused him of conspiring with the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Barde, to “abduct” Ajaero.