– The retired policemen were pardoned in 2000 by former president Olusegun Obasanjo
– This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs Sharon Ikeazor
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has concluded plans to pay 450 ex-Biafran policemen their pension and gratuities, The Nation reports.
This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs Sharon Ikeazor.
Mrs Ikeazor say the retired ex-Biafran policemen will soon be paid
According to her, the 450 retired policemen, who were pardoned in 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, would soon be paid.
The former Biafran policemen will get pension justice 46 years after. The Nigerian civil war ended in January 1970.
Ikeazor said: “We have the issue of War Affected Pensioners. You know, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo gave amnesty to Biafran soldiers and policemen in 2000.
“The military has taken care of the pension of the soldiers of the defunct Republic of Biafra who were granted amnesty. But majority of the policemen have not been paid.
“So, when I came in, they have now brought up the case before me and we are working on that for them to get their dues.
“One of the men said to me that this is what he has been waiting for before he dies. These men are in their 80s, some in their 90s. Majority of them are from the South-south and South-east.
“I think they are about 450 policemen. The war is over, we have to reintegrate them. It is just like rebuilding the North-East now, we have to reintegrate these people from the South-south and South-east.”
Meanwhile, Prophet Princewill Iheme has foreseen that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
In an exclusive statement made available to NAIJ.com, the cleric said the president-elect of the USA, Donald Trump will not support Biafra independence.
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