The Nigeria Police Force has claimed that the mobile policemen who blocked its Borno headquarters earlier Monday in Maiduguri, were not staging a protest, but “merely complaining” over the delay in payment of their special duty allowances.

The Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement claimed some of the police mobile force personnel on special duty only went to the command to enquire about the delay in the payment and not to protest, NAN reports.

Mr Moshood said the officers who went on enquiry were not those attached to Operation Lafiya Dole in the fight against insurgency in the North East.

He said they were those on the category of visiting PMF units deployed in Maiduguri on Crime Prevention and other Police duties in the State.

“The force wish to categorically state that it is not correct that police personnel protested in Maiduguri today July 2,” he said.

Mr Moshood said that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had directed the Commissioner of Police in Borno to address why the delay in the payment of their special duty allowances.

He also assured them that with the approval of the budget, the allowances would be expeditiously processed and paid without any further delay.

The spokesman said the IGP also ordered the Commissioner of PMF to proceed to Borno and other states in the North East where personnel are deployed on special duty.

He said the commissioner should also inform them on efforts being made by the force to ensure timely payment of their allowances.

“Members of the Public in Maiduguri, Borno are hereby enjoined not to panic but to go about their lawful duties and other responsibilities without fear or apprehension.

“The Nigeria Police Force is a disciplined organisation and will not allow any situation to degenerate into disturbance of Public Peace anywhere in the Country,“he said.

Earlier, mobile policemen in the Borno capital of Maiduguri staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances.

The protesting officers barricaded their command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway.

The protest disrupted traffic on the road.

One of protesting policemen who pleaded anonymity, said they were angry over the 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, 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.

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Seems like this police spokesman was a student of the Lia Mohammed's lie Academy.

PamaB:
Seems like this police spokesman was a student of the Lia Mohammed's lie Academy.

infact he graduated with first class

PamaB:
Seems like this police spokesman was a student of the Lia Mohammed's lie Academy.

infact he graduated with first class.

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I had always sworn that Lai Mohammed was a skilfull liar till I met Jimoh Moshood. This goes a long way to answer the questions on how true the media briefs we have been getting from moshood notably the recent media brief from Moshood trying to implicate Saraki in the Offa robbery and a lot more we have heard from the police in recent time. Moshood can actually convince me a male with a penis that I'm female. Shame on Jimoh.

Hahahahaha .. .this govt will not kee us comedy of lies in Jesus Name...I give up at this junction, only PVC can help us at this stage.... Abeg somebody should promote this police spokesman to Director of Operations grade level 19 in Lai's academy of lies

Typical APC comments

I don't blame him, this is what happens when you give power to "FOOLS" , they get to assume every other person is as foolish as those who voted them

everyone is complaining in this shit-hole of a country...

They were not protesting kwa......Wetin com be d difference btw complaining and protest??

Police with silly excuses bloody liar. They, the police authority were only trying so hard to save their face. Perhaps FG have long released the allowance but police authority chop am


Lies everywhere!

Govt of propaganda and lies.

Rubbish!
Why will you even have to delay their money in the first place?

Protesting

Complaining

What's the difference....

Do whatever you want but in Aso rock
Don't unleash your anger out on poor masses

Buhari travelled out with your money

Buhari is just a calamity exploding everyday. If those laying down their lives to save in that extreme volatile region couldn't get their allowance then this government is nothing but calamity. It's time for everyone to rise against this government whether they want to listen or not. I still wonder what these set of people will use in their campaign soonest.

The Nigeria Police Force has claimed that the mobile policemen who blocked its Borno headquarters earlier Monday in Maiduguri, were not staging a protest, but merely complaining over the delay in payment of their special duty allowances.

The government should pay those police officers. Its not easy working in maiduguri...

Imagine, just making inquiry n d are shooting n blocking roads..lie Muhammed come n c ur student, he is making u really proud

If it were to be ordinary citizens protesting, they would have taregassed them. I hope they can understand the plight of others. Careless Country!

the way this people talk, it makes me wonder if they think we don't have sense or we are all zombies. complain and protest are they not alike? I swear Nigeria is good down little by little..for PVC to be sold online.

Police now protest, we are getting there!

Bullshit, this APC govt na scam, police there protect, how them want to defend us, Oga at the Top, they run errand for Presidency, transmitting, transmission, shame.
You sent dem to die and held back their pay.......Baba go soon talk say eh no no say dem no Pay police.

Obviously this police spokesman must be paying close attention to Lie Muhammad