President Muhammadu Buhari approved payment of
Biafra policemen
- They were dismissed at the end of the Biafra war
- They were pardoned during the Olusegun Obasanjo
administration
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the
payment of pension to police officers who served
under the then Biafra police during the civil war.
According to report, this was contained in a statement
released on Wednesday, October 18 by the Pension
Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD).
The police officers were granted presidential pardon in
2000.
The statement read: “The general public would recall
that Nigeria witnessed an ugly civil war between July,
1967 and January, 1970 and as a result of that unfortunate
period in our history, some members of the Armed Forces,
the Nigeria Police and paramilitary officers who took part
with the Secessionist were dismissed from the service.
“The dismissal of those officers was commuted to
retirement in the year 2000 through a Presidential Amnesty
granted on 29th May, 2000 by the Administration of the
then President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
“A verification exercise was conducted for the pardoned
officers by the defunct Police Pension Office and recently
PTAD on one hand and the Police Service Commission on
the other..
“Despite the Presidential pardon and verification of these
officers, many of them remained unpaid years after the
pardon. However, the present administration under the
able leadership of President, Muhammadu Buhari has
graciously given approval for the payment of pension
entitlements to these officers and their Next of Kin.
“PTAD is commencing the payment of pension benefits to
the retired war affected police officers on Friday October
20, 2017 in Enugu. 162 officers will be payrolled and 57
Next of Kin who have also not been paid their death
benefits will be paid in the first batch.”
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Kanu, a young brother to the
leader of Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),
Nnamdi Kanu denied a report that accused him of
being behind the recent Monkey Pox vaccine hoax in
the southeast region of the country.
In a statement sent to NAIJ.com , Emmanuel Kanu
described the group as faceless, adding that the leader
of the group was blind to the activities of IPOB.

Source:https://www.naij.com/1131010-president-buhari-approves-payment-pension-biafra-police.html

However, the present administration under the
able leadership of President, Muhammadu Buhari has
graciously given approval for the payment of pension
entitlements to these officers and their Next of Kin.

Odiegwu

Allahu akbastard

Oh, so na wetin dem advise Buhari say go guell the agitation for seccession be this?


How many of these guys are still alive

Buhari Or the cabal? He is junketeering in Europe with his wife.

This is called "see finish".

you igbos dont have shame a tall....wtf...

they will behave now as if they heared nothing....

DanseMacabre:
Oh, so na wetin dem advise Buhari say go guell the agitation for seccession be this?


How many of these guys are still alive

ofcourse you will not be happy...why didnt ipob take care of them??.....