Ex-militants appeal to FG over unpaid allowances

Some ex-militants from Ondo State on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to pay them their nine months’ amnesty allowances.

The leader of the group, Mr Ibori Ogailo, told journalists in Igbokoda that the non-payment of the allowances had subjected them and their families to untold hardships.

He said that the government had reneged on its promise after they (the militants) were lured into surrendering their arms and ammunition as the criterion for the payment of the allowances.

He said that they had sent several appeals to the Ondo State Government on the issue and had to resort to a protest at the governor’s office on Monday in Akure as a follow-up.

“About 100 of us protested to the governor’s office but we were dispersed with guns and teargas while some of our members sustained several injuries.