Following the attacks on the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ), Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State, the organised labour, on Friday, declared Wednesday, 8th November 2023 a nationwide strike.

Deputy president of the NLC, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, and the deputy president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), disclosed this in a joint briefing with journalists in Abuja.

The oranised labour also issued a 6-pount demand to the Federal Government. The demand includes; the immediate removal of the Imo State commissioner of police, area commander, and other state government officials fingered in the alleged brutalisation of Ajaero and other workers who were humiliated in the assault.

Thelagostimes gathered that the NLC President was reportedly captured and brutalized during the organised labour protest in Imo State on Wednesday.

Details later…