Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has reacted to the
attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe
Ajaero.
Recall that Ajaero, who was in Owerri, Imo State
capital, on Wednesday to mobilize workers for a peaceful protest, was attacked
by miscreants who hijacked the protest.
Although the police denied arresting and torturing the NLC
president, Ajaero alleged that he was brutalized by security operatives.
Reacting, Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour
Party in the recent election, said the attack was a rude shock to most
Nigerians.
In a post on his official X handle on Thursday, Obi claimed
that the incident was an indicator of how “lawlessness, impunity, criminality,
and rascality have engulfed our dear country”.
He wrote, “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.
“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”.
