Peter Obi condemns NLC President Ajaero’s arrest

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections,  Peter Obi, has criticised the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Imo State.

On Wednesday, Ajaero was picked up from the Imo council secretariat of the NLC in Owerri by heavily armed police officers. While the organised labour accused police authorities of brutalising, and arresting Ajaero, the Imo State Police Command denied arresting the NLC President, saying he was saved from a mob attack.

What happened to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Imo State, yesterday has come as a rude shock to most Nigerians. It says a lot about the state of affairs in our country today. pic.twitter.com/07sYpXcRGc

— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) November 2, 2023

While reacting to the arrest in a statement on Thursday, via his X account, formerly Twitter, Obi said the incident “has come as a rude shock to most Nigerians. It says a lot about the state of affairs in our country today”.

“It shows the level of lawlessness, impunity, criminality, and rascality that have engulfed our dear country. Things like this should worry any discerning mind because it runs counter to the type of country that we all desire and deserve.

“In the New Nigeria of our dreams, abuse of power and the reckless violation of citizens’ rights through acts of impunity will have no place.”