Officers and men of the Rivers State Police Command have cried out over alleged non-payment of their four months salaries by the police authorities.
Findings revealed that over 500 police officers and men of the command have not received their September, October and November salaries and no reasons have been given for the nonpayment of the salaries.
A top police source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the development is already creating discontent among the rank and file of the Force
“It is sad that we have not been paid salaries since September this year and nobody is telling us the reasons why the salaries are been withheld,” the source said.
He added that the Rivers State Command has requested the affected officers and men to come for physical verifications and that they should present their bank statements and payslips and yet there has been no positive result.
This is believed to be rubbing off on the welfare and morale of the officers who are groaning under current economic down turn in the economy.
Meanwhile, several efforts made by our correspondent to reach the Force Police Public Relations Officer, Bisi Kolawole, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) have failed as she would not pick calls nor respond to text messages.
However, an officer in the finance department of the Rivers State Command denied the story, claiming that there was no policeman in the command that was being owned any salary.
In a telephone chat today, the source said that the policemen could not have been planning to go on strike as no police man or officer under the command “is being owed any salary.
“ By the grace of God, we are not being owed salaries. At least I can speak for myself and my Command. It is only December Salary that is outstanding.” [myad]
