Aviation unions have placed all aviation workers on red alert to stand ready for action against the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma as will soon be directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
The unions say, they stand together in total condemnation of the beating of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in the state by those alleged to be political thugs of the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday November 1st, 2023.
“In all of this, the only crime of comrade Ajaero is acting out his statutory role of fighting for the right of Imo State workers, as the President of NLC, in implementing the decision of the National Executive Council of the Congress”, they said.
In a Joint statement by the General Secretaries of four of the unions in the industry, they alleged that while Comrade Ajaero was being beaten up, officers of the Nigerian Police Force, paid by taxes from workers, did nothing to protect him.
It said instead, after supporting the thugs in their barbaric act against Comrade Ajaero, the Police abducted him to a hidden location and further manhandled him.
The General Secretaries of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Ocheme Aba, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Comrade Abdulrazak Saidu, Association of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (ATSSSAN), Comrade Frances Akinjole, and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Comrade Umoh Ofomine, said they stand ready to act as may be directed by NLC to black out Imo State from the aviation map, and take further actions against the person of Hope Uzodimma as we deem fit, until the needful is done.
“It is most unfortunate that this story of sheer barbarism actually happened in 21st Century Nigeria. No one thought that a Governor could descend to such abysmal level of disgrace to utilize such crude means of striking back at a perceived enemy, the statement reads.
FRCN Abuja / Titilayo Kupoliyi
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