Mobile policemen on Monday in
Maiduguri staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting policemen barricaded
the command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway.
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Inspector General of Police Idris |
The
protest disrupted traffic on the road.
One of
protesting policemen who pleaded anonymity, said they were angry over
non-payment of their allowances in the last six months.
“About
10, 000 mobile policemen were deployed to the state from different commands but
we have not received our allowances in the past six months.
“We
have been serving at the command headquarters since our deployment; but some of
us deployed to other locations outside the headquarters were being paid their
allowances as and when due.
“We
have been facing hardships as a result of the non-payment of the allowances. We
have made several complaints but nobody listened to us,” the aggrieved
policeman said.
The
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, blamed the non payment
on the delay in the passage of the 2018 budget.
He
called on the protesting policemen to calm down and assured them that their
allowances would be paid.
(NAN)
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