The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero was thoroughly brutalised and rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri with his right eye completely shut, the NLC has said. The NLC Head of Information and Publicity, Comrade Benson Upah, described the arrest and assault suffered by Ajaero to Vanguard on Wednesday as “attempted murder”. Upah said that contact was made with Ajaero “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”.