<p>Nigerian Police personnel of the Kaduna State Police Command are presently carrying out a peaceful protest against the non-payment of their August and September salaries.</p> 
<p>Eight Police commands namely: Kaduna, Kebbi Gombe, Nasarawa, Ekiti ,Bayelsa, Imo and Ogun are reportedly owing August and September salaries, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.</p> 
<p>The protest, which cuts across the rank and file of the command, has over 2000 protesters who are gathered in front of the Salaries Office inside the command headquarters.</p> 
<p>Cyril Abeh, the state commissioner of police, who said the delay in payment was from the finance ministry&#8217;s IPPS office and not the fault of the police, appealed for restraint.</p> 
<p>&#8220;They are police officers operating under the law, if they misbehave, we will deal with them according to the law. This is mutiny. I am in the field attending to a very important security matter, but will be on my way back to headquarters to address them now,&#8221; he said.</p> 
<p>Some of the protesting officers accused the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun of refusing to allow President Muhammadu Buhari to know the &#8221;exact situation regarding the non payment of the police salaries.&#8221;</p> 
<p>&#8220;She already lied to Mr President that all is well. How can you fight corruption and you don&#8217;t pay police their two months salaries,&#8221; an officer said.</p>
Nigeria police personnel protest non-payment of salaries