Some hoodlums disrupt some protesters in Bayelsa state
Local government union and Health union workers were attacked
Journalists were also affected
Some hoodlums on Tuesday, August 16 in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital disrupted a peaceful protest carried out by members of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Medical and Health Workers Union (MHWUN).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the thugs attacked the protesting workers as well as newsmen who were there to cover the protest.
The joint council of NULGE and MHWUN released a statement based on what happened stating that the protest was in consonance with the struggle for a better welfare of members in Bayelsa.
Tonye Jaja, NULGE and Arafat Nwibani of MHWUN jointly signed the statement.
“We are demanding that the affected four chairmen of councils and commissioner for local government should immediately pay the bailout funds to workers of the affected council to avoid unpleasant consequences and sustain the peaceful industrial atmosphere in the system.
“JSEC unequivocally demands for the full payment of the salary of March; we demand the release of LGAs allocations to the councils immediately,” they stated.
In addition, it was observed that journalists were beaten to pulp by the hoodlums with a good number of them sustaining various degrees of injuries and losing their valuables, including money and gadgets.
One of the those attacked, John Odhe, a journalist with the state-owned newspaper, Newwavem, stated,his experience was horrible.
“It was like a movie as the thugs descended on us and started manhandling us with planks and stones; I managed to escape for fear of my life,” Odhe stated.
On Tuesday, August 16 likwise in Akwa Ibom state, no fewer than 100 militants invaded the Akwa Ibom state Government House in a violent protest, leading to break down of law and order in and around the Government House and Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital in general.
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