Harassment Of NLC President, Ajaero By Governor Uzodinma Proves Upcoming Election War-RULAAC
Harassment Of NLC President, Ajaero By Governor Uzodinma Proves Upcoming Election War-RULAAC
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has said there is indication that the forthcoming governorship election in Imo State will not be credible because of abuse of power by the state Governor, Mr. Hope Uzodinma, as exercised recently.
They condemend the governor for sponsoring some hoodlums to disrupt and harass the Nigerian Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, during workers’ protest in the state on Wednesday.
There have been steady incidents of violence and repressive attacks on political opposition and critics of the government in Imo State under Mr. Hope Uzodinma.
The civic space in Imo State is constricted to civic engagement and political participation by all stakeholders and political interests in the state. Civil society, political opposition, and the media have been silenced through intimidation and violence.
On Wednesday 1, 2023, a security aid to Governor Hope Uzodinma known as Chinasa Nwaneri who commands the Ebubeagu state controlled militia, led several thugs accompanied by police officers from the Tiger Base and other formations under the Imo State Police Command to violently assault leaders and members of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and abducted Joe Ajaeoro, the President of the NLC, having also brutalized him, tore his clothes and took him to the dreaded Tiger Base which is the police unit that executes the terror agenda of the Uzodinma government in Imo State.
“Regrettably, police in Imo, under CP Ahmed Barde, have remained tools of political violence and oppression in the hands of the Hope Uzodinma ruthless government.
The attack on the NLC President and other leaders and members of the NLC by agents of the governor Uzodinma regime, acting in concert with police operatives under the Imo State Police Command is a daredevil and condemnable act of state violence against the labour movement and against freedom of expression.
“The abduction of the labor leader, his brutalisation to the point of now putting his life in danger, their dispossession of their personal belongings including cash, phones and other valuables are condemnable acts of tyranny, robbery, oppression and suppression of basic freedoms.
From all indications, the forthcoming November 11 governorship election in Imo, will be a zero-sum game as the Uzodinma government has taken every undemocratic step to exclude all other political parties and legitimate interests in participating in the elections.
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