State chairman of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Igbokwe Chukwuma, who confirmed the arrest and incarceration of Ozoeze, condemned the action, saying the information got to them very late on Tuesday.
Chukwuma said: “However, we discussed it in our meeting and we are going to follow it up; we learnt he was arrested and tried within the state police CID and sent to prison; this is something we cannot take.
“We have met and decided to see the Attorney-General to register our protest; we are also in touch with the labour headquarters. So immediately after meeting with the Attorney-General we will take a position on that,” Igbokwe said.
Giving reasons organised labour in the state failed to hold the planned anti-fuel subsidy removal protest since Monday, Comrade Igbokwe said: “Since Monday, we’ve been on it; we woke up Monday morning to see that government had issued a proclamation banning gathering and protest in Enugu State.
“We looked at it as something very unfair; we tried to move like other states but policemen had been stationed in front of our secretariat, which is our meeting point and you see they have remained here all these days.
“Actually today we wanted to go to the streets again but we were restricted, we were even pushed; so we are saying that this is very unfair; what is happening in other states should happen in Enugu State.
This is a national issue it is not a State issue and Enugu State workers have not been associated with violence of any kind in all our demonstrations.”
Source
No comments:
Post a Comment