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Abubakar Tsav, former commissioner of police in Lagos state, has described the protest by some policemen in Maiduguri, Borno state, as an act of “gross indiscipline and treason”.

In a statement on Tuesday, Tsav said the incident showed that there was a dereliction of duty and inhumanity on the part of the police authorities.

Some mobile police officers, had on Monday morning, taken to the streets of Maiduguri to protest the non-payment of their allowances in six months.

The former commissioner of police urged the federal government to urgently address the matter.

“It is an act of gross indiscipline laced with treason for policemen to embark on demonstration for none payments of their allowances, while on operation especially in volatile areas like Maiduguri which is infested with Boko Haram insurgency,” he said.

“The police authorities ought to know this; if the welfare of the policemen on operation is not properly taken care of how can they give in their best in the operation?

“There is gross dereliction of duty and inhumanity on the part of the police authorities here and this should be immediately addressed, the policemen involved should not be victimised.”

Tsav also urged the police authorities and the federal government to seriously look into the issue of selective promotions in the organisation.