Report from Owerri, the Imo State capital, South East Nigeria says, the government has distanced itself from the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero.
The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, in a statement obtained by Nigerian Kicker said, in Owerri on Wednesday that Imo state government has washed its hands clean concerning the arrest.
Emelumba said, those accusing the government of arresting the NLC President were “perennial mischief makers always crying wolf where there is none.”
The Commissioner recalled that the purported strike action in the state had been stopped by the National Industrial Court in Owerri, which makes the planned action illegal.
The Commissioner also noted that it was in compliance with the Court order that the Imo State chapter of NLC announced that it was pulling out of the strike.
“I wondered what Ajaero was doing in Owerri in defiance of the order of the court, which warned of severe consequences against disobedience.
“Information at the disposal of government indicated that there might have been a fiasco between lawful workers of Imo State and lawless invaders from Abuja, which led to police intervention to maintain the peace,” the statement added.
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