The
Chairman of the Ebonyi State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress
(NLC) Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor has been hospitalised after being beaten by
the police, as the union protested the hike in the pump price of petrol.
The fuel price was increased from N86.50 to N145.
Nwafor was reportedly admitted at the emergency ward of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
The labour leader condemned the police action, saying: “the police treated them like a `common criminal’.
“The policemen, led by senior officers, beat me to the ground, made me roll severally before bundling me into their van after some merciless beating.
“They pelted the venue with bouts of teargas canisters, molested our female colleagues and detained us after the attacks.”
He accused the police of “acting a script that will soon be unravelled.”
“The police claimed we did not inform them of the intended protest but we did so in writing. This is in the possession of the Commissioner of Police.
“We have informed our national leadership of the incident, who promised to handle the matter appropriately,” he said.
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The fuel price was increased from N86.50 to N145.
Nwafor was reportedly admitted at the emergency ward of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
The labour leader condemned the police action, saying: “the police treated them like a `common criminal’.
“The policemen, led by senior officers, beat me to the ground, made me roll severally before bundling me into their van after some merciless beating.
“They pelted the venue with bouts of teargas canisters, molested our female colleagues and detained us after the attacks.”
He accused the police of “acting a script that will soon be unravelled.”
“The police claimed we did not inform them of the intended protest but we did so in writing. This is in the possession of the Commissioner of Police.
“We have informed our national leadership of the incident, who promised to handle the matter appropriately,” he said.
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