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#AnambraDecides: Policemen Protest Non-payment of Allowances [VIDEO]
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the police personnel, many of whom arrived in Anambra during the week, were not given accommodation.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Police officers deployed in Anambra State for Saturday’s gubernatorial election have claimed that their feeding allowance has not been paid.
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On Friday, the officers demanded that the N10,000 allotted for their meals be paid as soon as possible.
EKO HOT BLOG learnt that the police personnel, many of whom arrived in Anambra during the week, were not given accommodation.
According to a video shared by Daily Post on Friday and monitored by EKOHOTBLOG, policemen gathered at the Idemili Ogidi Police Division, chanting “give us our money.”
An affected senior police officer who spoke to reporters said; “Here are policemen protesting over non-payment of Election feeding allowance. 10,000 naira is the amount for feeding. Meanwhile, over three days now, no accommodation and no food to eat. Many of the junior ranks are stranded in Idemili Ogidi Division where they received 1,500 police personnel from Lagos State.”
Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer, did not answer calls to his phone number, neither did he reply to a message seeking his reaction to the incident.
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Recall that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, had deployed over 34,000 policemen to Anambra for the governorship election.
Watch the video below:
