A policeman at one of the checkpoints on Auchi-Igarra road in Edo has said he is unhappy over the non-payment of allowances for officers on election duty in the state.

The officer said that other policemen who were deployed from other states for the purpose of the election had been paid, whereas officers working in Edo were yet to received their allowances.

Some of the policemen were seen stranded on the Igarra-Auchi highway, attempting to fix a Mercedes Benz car conveying them to their duty post.

In the words of the officer, he said, “I am angry that we have not been paid. Other officers who came in from outside Edo have been paid. Other officers on this highway have also not been paid allowances.”