Miffed with different outrage by the organised labour in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday ordered a thorough investigation into the alleged attack on the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero.
Egbetokun explained that the investigation became imperative because the police high command had been inundated with ambiguity of different versions of the narratives regarding the incident.
“The IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the person of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero.
“The investigation has commenced and the Nigeria Police Force guarantees that it will be followed to a conclusive end, and appropriate actions will be taken based on the findings of the investigation,” the spokesman of the Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi quoted the top cop to have said.
Some security operatives allegedly attached to the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, descended on Ajaero during a protest on November in Owerri, the State capital.
The development had angered the organised labour comprising NLC and TUC, making members of the movement to storm Force Headquarters on Thursday as well as both Abuja and Lagos airports and barred flights going to the State.
Reacting to the organised labour’s demands, the IGP said the force, which he is superintending understands the importance of transparency and accountability in maintaining public trust.
The top cop, however, directed the Deputy-Inspector General in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department to take over the matter with the primary objective of ascertaining the facts surrounding the incident.
He also ordered the DIG to address any ambiguity that may exist, “the police has been inundated with different versions of the incident making investigations imperative to clear the conflicting accounts.”
Adejobi, a Commissioner of Police added, “The IGP, therefore, assures the public, most especially the leadership of the organised labour, that a thorough and unbiased inquiry will be conducted to provide clarifications while urging organized labour and the public to remain calm, as he has personally intervened to address the issues surrounding this incident.”
