‘You Cannot Arrest Democracy’ – Oshiomhole Spits Fire In Reaction To NLC’s Imo Protest

‘You Cannot Arrest Democracy’ – Oshiomhole Spits Fire In Reaction To NLC’s Imo Protest

Senator Adams Oshiomhole from Edo North voiced his opposition on Wednesday to a protest staged by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Imo State two weeks ago, led by its president, Joe Ajaero.

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This protest set off a chain of events that eventually led to an ongoing nationwide strike organized by the labor union.

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During an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the former NLC president criticized Ajaero’s alleged involvement in the election of the NLC chairman in the southeastern state, which occurred in the lead-up to last Saturday’s highly anticipated governorship election.

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Ajaero was apprehended on November 1 amidst a protest and strike organized by the NLC in the state. He was released hours later with visible injuries, sparking accusations of torture against the Imo State Police Command.

Oshiomhole highlighted that as a consequence, the NLC president imposed a ban on flights leaving the state.

“He ordered… no transport out of Imo [and that] Imo must be grounded. And not a few people wondered about the timing,” the senator said.

“If you don’t want the governor, the more reason you should allow the people to go and vote — and vote him out — if your opinion is shared by a majority of the people. But you cannot arrest democracy.”

“The one that was allegedly favoured by many people, the president of the NLC coming from Imo didn’t like the person,” Oshiomhole argued.

“They did their election; it was nullified and a caretaker was appointed and some of the workers felt that the man appointed was the person favoured by the president.”

In the senator’s view, the NLC president must be seen to be above board and must not “drag himself into the little issues,” particularly when they are dealing with their own state.

“Now, those issues about who is the chairman, who is not the chairman, led to a declaration of strike and the mother union of the NLC president is the NUEE which controls the power supply and they put off the power in Imo State,” Oshiomhole narrated.

“This latest one, about nine or 10 days to the last election: Again, the NLC president went to Imo State over allegations of all sorts of things, but they are never specific. No wages, etc. and at the end of the day, we saw pictures that he was arrested.”

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