NLC Issues Warning says “Citizens of Imo Are in Peril”

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which has designated Governor Hope Uzodinma as a terrorist, has issued a warning that Imo State residents are in danger.

The labor union claimed that the attack on Joe Ajaero, its president, was an assault not only on his persona but also on the legal rights of the people of Imo State, in a post published on its official X handle on Saturday with the caption, “IMO STATE CITIZENS ARE IN DANGER, THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER IS NOW A TERRORIST.

“The Attack on the NLC President is not just an attack on his personality but an attack on the legal rights of a citizen by a governor who was meant to secure the citizen,” the post read.

According to reports, members of the Imo State Police Command kidnapped and mistreated Ajaero on Wednesday.

The beating sent the NLC President to the hospital in a critical condition.

However, the police refuted accusations that they had mistreated Ajaero, saying instead that they had placed the leader of the labor union in preventive custody in response to information about impending mob action against him.

Nonetheless, the union declared its intention to start an industrial action in response to the mistreatment of its national leader, calling for the Imo State Commissioner of Police to be removed and demoted right away.