Police in Abia, on Thursday, arrested two pensioners in Umuahia for allegedly organising a protest in Umuahia against alleged state government’s failure to pay their pension arrears. The arrested persons included Daniel Amugo and Chukwuemeka Augustus, the Chairman and Secretary of a group, called Abia State Concerned Pensioners. The commissioner, however, denied holding any meeting with pensioners in his office. Speaking on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the pensioners were arrested for impersonating the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners in Abia. He said that the matter was being investigated, adding that the national leadership of NUP had disowned the protesters.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 24, 2020 09:56 UTC