Nigerian soldiers appeal to Buhari

Nigerian Army

We, the troops of Nibatt 34 and Nibatt 35 served between the periods of Ebola in Liberia when the UN approved the payment of Ebola danger allowances for all contingent under UNMIL. The present force commander Gen Uba went around to all locations and addressed troops for the latest developments that UN approved 9 months danger allowances for the whole contingent which we were given 400USD instead of 4000USD for that 3 months and they said the remaining 6 months will be credited in our domiciliary account, but of to now for over one year plus we didn’t see anything.

We are begging the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai or EFCC to please investigate this high level of corruption from the force commander. Where is our 11600USD? If you calculate this money for 1500 troops is not small money.

Please, our money should be paid to our account because I believed UN released that money. And the second message reads: “We came back from Liberia since May 2016 as a member of Nibbat36 which we spent one year and we were only paid nine months allowances and promised to pay the remaining balance in two weeks, we are now in five months and nothing up till now.

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