Daily Trust (Abuja)
18 July 2008
We were alarmed by reports of a violent protest in Akure by hundreds of soldiers who blocked roads, chanted war songs, and held their commanding officer hostage to demand the reimbursement of allegedly illegal deductions from their UN peacekeeping allowances. An Army spokesman blamed the failure to pay the overdue allowances and that the army authorities will constitute an internal board of ...
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