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A group of military pensioners protesting the non-payment of their benefits have threatened to assassinate the Minister of Defence, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, if they were not paid. Also, six men believed to be hired assassins yesterday swooped on the Abuja house of Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu who is contesting in court the Anambra South Senatorial seat. The assassins murdered a policeman on duty at the residence and wounded a private security guard. The pensioners in their death threat to the minister of defence, entitled: "Operation Wipe Out" warned that unless their benefits were paid, they would dispatch all those they felt were involved in the non-payment of their entitlements to "heaven" before the year ends. "We will gun down Rabiu if he remains there as from 1-7-2004 if the whole arrears with the increment of 25 percent plus the new increment with effect from 1-1-2004 are not paid before then", they said. The letter casts doubt on verification of pay list being undertaken by the Ministry of Defence. The pensioners alleged that the verification exercise was a delay ploy meant to allow pensions funds lodged in fix accounts to yield dividends for ministry officials. They alleged that the minister and other officials of the ministry are enjoying at the expense of the pensioners and vowed... (Vanguard) |
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