IGP Orders Investigation Into Alleged Brutalization Of NLC President, Ajaero

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Friday, ordered investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the President of the National Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero.

Announcing the development in a statement made on Friday, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, detailed that the IGP had ordered the Deputy Inspector General in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department to take over the matter with the primary objective of ascertaining the facts surrounding the incident and to address any ambiguities that may exist.

“The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered investigations into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on the person of the President of the National Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero.

“Consequently, he has directed the Deputy Inspector General in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department to take over the matter with the primary objective of ascertaining the facts surrounding the incident and to address any ambiguities that may exist as the Police has been inundated with different versions of the incident making investigations imperative to clear the conflicting accounts,” the statement by Adejobi read.

Naija News reports that the IGP, in the statement, assured the labour union that the police would conduct a thorough and unbiased inquiry to provide clarifications.

He further urged the union to “to remain calm, as he has personally intervened to address the issues surrounding this incident.”