‘They Beat Me, God Must’ve Taken Extra Time To Create Me – Ajaero Narrates Ordeal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero on Wednesday evening, narrated his ordeal in police custody after he was arrested in Owerri, Imo State.

The NLC president was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State on Wednesday morning during a protest by workers in the state over an alleged ‘serial and habitual abuse and violation’ of their rights by the state government.

Ajaero according to NLC Head of Information, Benson Upah, was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination.

Speaking after his release, the brutalised Ajaero in a trending video, said God must have taken extra time to create him to sustain the kind of beating he received while in police custody.

He added that the police threatened to drag him to court.

Ajaero in the video said, “If you say interim order, it elapses with time; if the court issues another one, then it’s a different thing. I told them interim order ends within one week or two; they now kept the letter and told me they can prosecute me.

“I told them it’s the same court that can institute a contempt charge; you just can’t start prosecuting me.

“They beat me; God must have taken extra time to create me because of the kind of beating I received.”