Retired Police Officers Storm National Assembly; Demand Exit From Contributory Pension Scheme
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Retired Nigerian Police Officers Lock Down National Assembly, Demand Exit From Contributory Pension Scheme
Retired Nigerian police officers on Thursday again stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja, blocking all entrances and exits as they continued their protest over what they described as years of neglect, injustice, and poor welfare conditions. The aggrieved ex-officers, who gathered in large numbers, vowed that no lawmaker or staff member of the National
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Abia Federal Lawmaker Obi Aguaocha Endorses Sowore’s October 20 #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest, Says Igbo Facing ‘Unusual Injustice’
The member of the House of Representatives representing Abia State’s Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Hon. Obi Aguocha, has declared his full support for the “Free Nnamdi Kanu Peaceful March” announced by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. Earlier on Thursday, Sowore announced October 20 as the date for a protest march to the Presidential Villa
