Medical personnel at the Federal University Teaching Hospital in Owerri are currently working to save the eyes of Nigeria Labour Congress President Joe Ajaero.
Ajaero was detained by Imo State Police Command officers on Wednesday while spearheading a demonstration in the state.
However, the command stated that he was just rescued from a crowd and placed in protective custody.
In a viral video, Ajaero can be seen seated between two men while being rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri.
In the video, the NLC boss said he didn’t have any phone on him, but had a relative in the employ of FUTHO who he hoped would be of assistance.
Meanwhile, the NLC officials condemned the incident as a heinous act of attempted murder.
The NLC Head of Information and Publicity, Benson Upah, described the treatment of Ajaero as an act of abduction that degenerated into attempted murder.
Upah said, “Contact has been made with Congress President, Joe Ajaero, this evening around 15:30 hours at the Police Hospital in Owerri from where he was taken to Federal Medical Centre, Owerri where he is receiving medical attention.
“Thoroughly brutalised, his (Ajeoro’s) right eye at the time of contact was completely shut.”