Medical professionals at the Federal University Teaching Hospital in Owerri are currently engaged in a challenging effort to preserve the eyesight of Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress. Ajaero's ordeal began when he was reportedly apprehended by officers from the Imo State Police Command while leading a protest in the state last Wednesday.

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In contrast, the police command maintains that they were acting to rescue Ajaero from a potentially dangerous mob, subsequently placing him in protective custody. Ajaero's harrowing journey to the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri was captured in a viral video, wherein he was seen seated between two individuals. In the video, the NLC leader indicated that he did not have a phone with him but expressed hope that a family member employed at FUTHO could assist.

Concurrently, officials from the Nigeria Labour Congress strongly condemned the incident, characterising it as a reprehensible attempted murder. Benson Upah, the NLC's Head of Information and Publicity, labelled Ajaero's treatment as a case of abduction that had escalated into an attempted murder.

Upah disclosed, "Contact was established with Congress President Joe Ajaero this evening around 15:30 hours at the Police Hospital in Owerri, where he was subsequently transferred to the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri for medical care. He had been severely brutalised, with his right eye completely swollen shut at the time of contact."