Angered by the government’s non-payment of their 18-month allowances, some constabulary officers held a protest on the streets of Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Wednesday.
The officers all gathered at the popular Oke-Fia Roundabout and moved through Alekuwodo to Olaiya Junction to register their displeasure over the unpaid allowances.
The protesters, dressed in police uniforms and armed with placards bearing different inscriptions, also revealed that four of them had been killed by armed robbers during attacks on banks in Ikire and Iragbiji in one year.
The Osun Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, who tried in vain to calm the protesters, promised to address journalists later in the day.
While addressing the protesters, Olokode ordered them to stop the protest with immediate effect just as he assured them that the authority in charge would see to their matter.
“You are embarrassing the force with your protest, you should have channelled your grievances to the appropriate quarters. It is just like you are disturbing public peace with your protests.
“As far as you are wearing this uniform, we expect you to maintain high discipline as force men”.