Nigerian soldiers
currently on a peace-keeping mission in Sudan, has written an SOS letter to
president Mohammadu Buhari over their unpaid salaries by the Nigerian Army. The
offiers warned that if nothing is done to alleviate their sufferings, they
would be forced to take laws into their hands.
Read their SOS letter below;
To Mr President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
We are officers and soldiers of Nigerian
Battalion 45 (NIBATT 45 UNAMID) deployed on January 5, 2016 on a peacekeeping
mission in Sudan.
Since our deployment, life had been so difficult
for us. Even to communicate with our families has been a problem due to lack of
finances.
The army has refused to pay us our allowances of
$100 monthly since the beginning of the mission here in Sudan and this is the
seventh months without payment.
Many of our soldiers undergo surgical operation
due to poor feeding, no drug for us whenever we are sick. The only remedy for
us when we are sick is to be referred to Pakistan hospital due to lack of drugs
in Nigerian Contingent Level 1 Hospital.
We have been in this Mission in Sudan for seven
months now yet our domiciliary account in Union Bank of Nigeria has only been
credited with two months and 27 days salaries out of the 7 months so far.
We ask Mr President to look into this issue to
make his anti-corruption campaign in the Armed Force a success.
If nothing is done very soon, we will be force to
take the law into our hands. PAY US OUR SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES.
-Leaders.ng
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