Retired Soldiers Protest Unpaid Allowances In Abuja(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Military veterans under the aegis of the Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces and the Coalition of Concerned Military Veterans, staged the third phase of their protests over the non-payment of their Security Debarment Allowance, among others, at the Ministry of Defence, in Abuja on Monday. The protesters pitched a tent and blocked access to the Ministry of Defence located at Ship House on Olusegun Obasanjo Way in the country’s capital city. The retired military men had in January this year, picketed the ministries of finance, defence, and the National Assembly earlier in, in pursuit of the same demand. had refused to disburse the allowances despite approval by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) “We’ll be sleeping over at this place until the Minister of Defence, Magashi accede to our demands.”