Arrest, Prosecute Police Officers Who Brutalised NLC President In Imo – Falana to IGP

Femi Falana, a human rights activist, has urged Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun to make sure that cops who are accused of abusing Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), are detained and charged.

Falana made the comment while criticising the police statement over Ajaero’s detention.

During the NLC president’s arrest on Wednesday during the union’s rally in Owerri, Imo State, the police had denied doing so.

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It clarified that Ajaero was only taken away when thugs took over the NLC Trade Union demonstration in Owerri.

Falana, nevertheless, said that the police’s statement was riddled with errors.

Falana questioned why the police didn’t detain the criminals who had attacked the NLC President in front of them in a written statement.

He said: “The police version of the brutalisation of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajero is full of loopholes.

“Why did the police allow Comrade Ajero to be brutalised by the so-called miscreants? In other words, why did the police not protect him from the violent attack?

“So the police who witnessed the attack without making any arrest suddenly turned round to take the victim to the police clinic. The members of the public who decried the barbaric attack took pictures, which exposed the misleading version of the police.

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“It is disturbing that the police justified the action of the so-called miscreants by saying that Comrade Ajero has disobeyed the order of a court. Why did the police not allow the court to purge Comrade Ajero of contempt of court?

“We call on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate and ensure that the police officers who brutalised the NLC President are prosecuted without any delay.”

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