NLC president Joe Ajaero arrested in Owerri for calling Imo workers out for strike
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
“Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination,” according to a Channels TV news flash.
It quoted the Head of Media at the NLC Headquarters, Benson Uper, as stating this via a WhatsApp message to Channels Television.
The NLC is leading a statewide protest and strike in Owerri over what it described as lack of respect for workers, unpaid salaries, amongst others.
