Medical professionals at the Federal University Teaching Hospital in Owerri are currently working tirelessly to save the eyesight of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero.
Ajaero was reportedly arrested by the Imo State Police Command while leading a protest in the state.
The command, however, contended that Ajaero was rescued from a mob and placed in protective custody.
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In a widely circulated video, Ajaero can be seen seated between two individuals as he is rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri. He mentioned that he didn’t have a phone with him but hoped that a relative working at FUTHO could assist him.
NLC officials have condemned the incident, labeling it a heinous attempted murder.
Benson Upah, the Head of Information and Publicity for the NLC, described the treatment of Ajaero as an act of abduction that escalated into an attempted murder.
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Upah stated, “Contact has been made with Congress President, 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 brutalised, his (Ajeoro’s) right eye at the time of contact was completely shut.”
