Trouble at the Presidency? Policemen Protest in Aso Rock…Find Out their Shocking Reason

Some policemen attached to the presidential villa have alleged to have been exempted from payment of allowances as the exempted policemen claim they were left out of the payment after being tagged PDP policemen.

According to an exclusive report by Punch newspaper, some policemen attached to the Police Mobile Force 24 in State House, Abuja are not happy over their alleged exclusion from the payment of the outstanding allowance to security men attached to the Presidential Villa recently.

 

Speaking to a correspondent, multiple sources among the policemen disclosed on Thursday that about 288 personnel were exempted from the payment of the allowance, adding that those who were exempted from the payment were allegedly tagged “Peoples Democratic Party policemen.”

 

One of them claimed that the only problem authorities had with them was because they worked in the Presidential Villa under the last administration, adding that the “discriminatory payment” was already causing disaffection among the policemen who were supposed to be working in unity.

 

He said, “We are calling on the NSA to come to our aid and ensure that this injustice is redressed. We all suffered together and we are supposed to smile together. The discrimination is not necessary.

“If our services are no longer needed, we should be paid our entitlement and then they can transfer us. Why will some people be smiling, while others are not? We deserve to be treated better.”

 

Reacting to the report when contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, denied the allegation, saying that as far as the government was concerned, everyone entitled to the allowance had been paid.

 

He noted that there were some officers who were used to free money and would do anything to inflate the list of beneficiaries.

 

“There is no free money anywhere. Those who are entitled to the payment have been paid. Only security men around the President are entitled to it. Government won’t allow officers who will inflate the list for their selfish purposes,” the presidential spokesman said.