Nigeria: Ex-Biafra Soldiers Get Military Pension

21 August 2014

The military has started payment of pensions to soldiers of the Nigerian Army who defected to fight for Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.

The Chairman of the Military Pensions Board, Air Commodore Mohammed Dabo, disclosed during the visit of the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, to the headquarters of the Board in Abuja.

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