NewStats: 3,262,890 , 8,178,477 topics. Date: Tuesday, 03 June 2025 at 11:54 PM 4c1v6d

Ife Adedapo and Olaleye Aluko

There was panic on Monday on Iju Road, Lagos State, after policemen used tear gas to disperse protesting workers at the Linda Manufacturing Company, during which a lady, identified simply as Aina, was hit by a tear-gas canister in the face.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the protest, which started at about 8am, was staged by the workers of the company to their disapproval of the alleged sack of 10 workers.

It was gathered that while the police used tear gas to disperse protesting workers from the company, a tear-gas canister hit Aina in the face, damaging the bridge of her nose.

Some of the workers who spoke on condition of anonymity said the lady had been rushed to the Ikeja General Hospital where she was receiving treatment.

It was learnt that about 10 workers, including executives of the workers’ union in the company, were given the sack. Their letters were said to have been dispatched by courier to their houses on Saturday and Sunday.

The General Secretary of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, Douglas Adiele, who spoke on the issue, explained that the grouse with the management of Linda company started the previous week when workers went on strike and demanded that the company stopped giving them “unrealistic targets”.

He said the workers had been given targets to complete about 350 tasks in a day, which many of the workers had been unable to achieve.

According to Adiele, workers who are unable to complete the tasks are given demerits and when the demerits have reached 27 points, they are disengaged.

One of the protesting workers, who identified himself as Tunji, told PUNCH Metro that the management started with a target of 160 in 2015, which kept on increasing until it reached 350.

Adiele said, “The affected workers were disengaged without negotiating their benefits with the union. The union will picket the company if by Wednesday, the management refuses to recall the sacked workers.”

In 2014, Linda company with factories in Iju and Mushin area of Lagos was shut down by Lagos state agencies over the death of an employee, Nnamdi Solomon, whose remains were abandoned in the rain on the premises for two days.

It was gathered that during the Monday protest, the workers destroyed some equipment and computer systems in the company.

When ed, the Human Resources Manager of the company, Ms. Lara Folajimi, said she could not comment on the issue.
“Right now I cannot explain anything. I cannot answer any questions for now,” she said.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Bos, said Aina’s injury was not from a gunshot.

She said, “She is one of the protesters in the company. They became so riotous that they beat the foreign nationals who are the company owners. They scaled the fence and snatched the ports of their employers. The policemen on guard duty were attacked and during the scuffle, the riot gunner of one of the policemen on duty exploded and hit the lady. She is currently receiving treatment in a hospital.”

www.punchng.com/police-fire-tear-gas-at-workers-injure-one/

hmmm... dat was unprofessional of the policemen involved

Nigerian police

Naija Police with over zealousness.

If it's armed robbers now...they'd abscond.

Nigeria police I hail ooooooo

Hmmm

Solidarity forever!

Drunk uniform men

naija police sha

Na wa o

K

Sorry.
Aluta continua, Victoria ascerta.

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I'm sure the Company is a Kora company, they are known for their outrageous targets. Taskmasters!

Wishing the injured lady speedy recovery.

Chai... The police tear gas her fear oh.

No be small thing oh.

Why Tear Gas Na, abeg make una use AK47 dispersed the crowd


That's the exact thing when South westerners will say

So Force Men have Tear gas but will choose to shoot some tribes/religion with life ammunition to stop protest.....

Maybe IGP don warn them, that man has been doing so much Reform in the Police Department.

Keep it on IGP Arase and sorry to the battered.

Maybe the girl that was shot is a nairalander who always hails the military/police for shooting and ipob protester... or might be related to a nairalander that does that... so iyalaya to all of them... what goes around comes around.... law of karma

Tyranny against one, is tyranny against all.

Good work by the police to use tear gas. Better than shooting live rounds at the crowd.

This is the way N.Police show their friendship

police is your friend

This kind of news that you will not hear NLC helping out poor individuals suffering from dis crazy indians theory X.
When wll PMB no contract work into the law eeeh dis asians are turnin naija pple into slaves

Hmm

Who dash naija police sense? I thought the modus operandi is to shoot at protesters, I can see now that such scenario is only applicable in the South East.

This Niger police sef.

These are the "investors" trooping to SW.

protest

when would this modern day slavery change. where is NLC when you need them the most? where are the human rights activist who are meant to fight for the down trodden and the oppressed? where is the government of the people when the people are reduced to infidels and made to look up at their oyinbo employers for stipends

when would the average Nigerian have is right?

Nigeria police force are the worst in the world.and they are one of the major problems in this country.Imagine after doing the wrong things to the citizen they are supposed to protect, one foolish unprofessional spokesperson will come out to deny or cover up should it be so? I have never read or seen when and where a police officer did wrong and the police force its and tell the truth without a cover up for their unprofessional conduct.why?
Are police to protect the citizens or curse the citizens? if President Buhari can try and focus and reform the Nigeria police force with half the energy and time hes using on corruption Nigeria will be half way better.Nigeria police force needs total reforms and re.orientation.so sad!

Pidggin:
This is the way N.Police show their friendship

U see am so.Naija police can never be your friend..they are the worse government agency or force so far..President Buhari should do something urgent about the police force..or we the citizens should start a wide broad campaign against them..It pains me that all the so called social and civil activists are not even doing something about the ways and conduct of Naija police so sad!.