The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, on Monday described the alleged protest by police officers on duty in
Borno State, over unpaid allowances as “unfortunate and an ugly
epitaph of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC)
administration.”
Recall that the police personnel
barricaded the command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway,
causing disruption of traffic.
“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,” one of them said.
But a statement by the spokesman
for the Nigeria Police Force, Jimoh Moshood, claimed the police officers and
men in the state did not protest.
However, PDP in its reaction said
the alleged protest was an indication that Buhari’s government had failed.
In a statement signed by its
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said, “The development has confirmed that
the Buhari Presidency has not been committed to
providing security for the troubled states, despite huge resources at its
disposal, but has only been paying lip service and giving false
assurances to the people.
“Is it not disconcerting that
policemen, who daily risk their lives at the fronts, are denied their allowances
for months; left unaccommodated, without basic needs and kept
forlorn in the face of battle, while their commander-in-chief and top officers
enjoy the comfort of their huge offices in Abuja, from where they
grandstand about their non-existent commitment to security?
“Nigerians can now see that this
administration is overtly deceitful, thrives on propaganda, lies, false claims
and is never committed to the good of the people even as it blames everyone
else for its failures.
“The PDP strongly believes that
the situation is more than has met the eyes. We therefore demand an urgent
investigation to get to the root of this pathetic situation and stress that
findings of such investigations must be made public.
“Finally, while we urge the
aggrieved policemen to exercise restrain, we charge the police high command to
ensure their immediate payment and do all to restore the morale of all our men
at the front.”
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