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Atiku accuses Tinubu of abandoning retired police officers

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Atiku accuses Tinubu of abandoning retired police officersAtiku Abubakar · CC BY 2.0

Former Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu of abandoning retired police officers after a former assistant commissioner was found begging in Abuja. He called for higher salaries and a response to the bill on police officers leaving the service, according to a statement from his campaign team.

Former Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu of abandoning retired police officers after a former assistant police commissioner was found begging at Abuja’s central mosque, reports Pmnewsnigeria. Atiku said a member of his communications team recognised her and triggered an intervention to help her.

The opposition figure called for an urgent review of the salaries of serving police officers and a response to the bill on police officers’ departure, according to a statement by Phrank Shaibu, director of strategic communications for the presidential campaign council of the African Democratic Congress. He accused the government of leaving retirees facing hunger, illness and humiliation.

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