Ajaero, other labour leaders to have ever been arrested by Nigerian authorities

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Nigerian authorities have been having a running battle with Joe Ajaero (left).
Photo credits: @aonanuga1956, @NLCHeadquartersSource: TwitterFrank KokoriAdams OshiomholeI had a similar experience. I was on my way to Delta state and I went to the airport.The then-director of SSS ordered that I should be arrested and stopped from travelling because we had given an ultimatum to the then federal government headed by President Olusegun Obasanjo.They (security operatives) dragged me on the tarmac and I had my cuts all over the place. They forcefully prevented me from flying and took me back to the DSS director generals office then Colonel (Kayode) Are.He (Are) offered to take me to their own hospital and I said, No, I cant even trust a government that has inflicted this kind of wound on me to treat me. They might as well poison my blood. I said I wasnt going to do that.(For) at least 48 hours, the NLC couldnt locate me. When eventually I was let out, the bandage on my arm with the blood and all that, I told my colleagues, This blood would rather reinforce and whet my appetite for the struggle for justice.Ajaero: Activist tells NLC to declare strike

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