President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has stated that the Imo state police handed him over to waiting thugs that got him thoroughly beaten in Owerri, the state capital.
Ajaero, who said this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, explained that the NLC wrote to all the security agencies before they went to the state for the protest on November 1.
According to him, workers who arrived at the venue of the protest on that day around 7 am were beaten up by thugs with their phones seized.
Ajaero said he got there around 9 am after he got the report of an assault on workers, adding that the police arrested him and handed him over to thugs.
“I can’t explain the beating I received. They tied my hands and dragged me on the floor like a common criminal.”
The NLC President denied the allegation by the Imo State government that he is a card carrying member of the Labour Party.
“I am not a card-carrying member of any political party as alleged,” he said.
