Ex-Biafran soldiers plan Abuja protest over unpaid entitlements

ENUGU— Hundreds of ex-Biafran soldiers,
yesterday, vowed to engage in a showdown
with the federal government over the non-
release of their entitlements more than
forty years after the war, despite repeated
promises.
Apparently to show their seriousness, the
war veterans threatened to embark on a
street-wide protest in Abuja in a few weeks,
if government refused to meet their
demand within a reasonable time frame,
expressing dismay that most of their
members had lost their lives because of the
absence of reasonable sources of
livelihood.
Rising from an emergency meeting in
Enugu, the ex-soldiers, led by Col. Victor
Onah (rtd) and Ibe Nwachukwunta,
national coordinator and attorney
respectively, condemned the non-chalance
of the Federal Government towards their
plight, in spite of their contributions to the
nation.
Apart from demanding that urgent
attention, rehabilitation, settlement,
payment of their emoluments/entitlements
and any other money be given to them, the
veterans also asked for their reintegration
and assimilation into the nation’s armed
forces in order to facilitate the payment of
their pensions.