Unpaid Salaries: 2,000 Police Personnel Protest In Kaduna

No less than 2,000 Police personnel have reportedly picketed the Salaries Office of the Kaduna State Command over the non-payment of their August and September remuneration.

The protesting police personnel are said to be of the rank and file category of the Command.

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As reported by Daily Post, the State Commissioner, Cyril Abeh was said to have addressed the protesters at the Kaduna Command headquarters, where he appealed to them to exercise patience, saying the delay was from the IPPS office of the Federal Finance Ministry.

“They are police officers operating under the law, if they misbehave, we will deal with them according to the law. This is mutiny.

“I am in the field attending to a very important security matter, but will be on my way back to headquarters to address them now,” Abeh said.

Meanwhile, Premium Times reports that eight Police commands namely: Kaduna, Kebbi Gombe, Nasarawa, Ekiti ,Bayelsa, Imo and Ogun are reportedly owing August and September salaries.

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