Police authorities have blamed the delay in payment of allowances of its personnel who were deployed to Osun State for the conduct of Saturday July 17, 2022 governorship election commercial banks.

Recall that some affected police personnel had expressed displeasure over alleged refusal of police authorities to pay their allowances.

A statement by the Force Public Relations officer Force CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the delay in payment of allowances of some officers was caused by their banks inadequacies cannot be blamed on police.

He said the “payment of allowances to cover the election duty was disbursed directly into individual accounts from the PAB Office and not through any State Police Command. As such, individuals started receiving payment alerts even before the commencement of the election”.

Olumuyiwa, who did not disclosed the names of the banks, said: “With regards to the payment of allowances of Police Officers who participated in the Osun State Gubernatorial Election duty, it is pertinent to emphasize that officers scheduled for the duty had their account details forwarded to the Police Accounts and Budget (PAB) office at the Force Headquarters where payments were prepared and disbursed accordingly.

“The said payment of allowances to cover the election duty was disbursed directly into individual accounts from the PAB Office and not through any State Police Command. As such, individuals started receiving payment alerts even before the commencement of the election.

“However, one of the new generation banks (name withheld), with whom some of the officers accounts are domiciled, reported delays in disbursement due to technical issues. This was immediately followed up and from all indications, the concerned bank have commenced payments.

The police spokesman requested that “All complaints with regards to this have been addressed internally and every officer captured for the election duty have been paid.

“This situation is not as it has not been experienced in the previous Anambra and Ekiti gubernatorial elections. It is fully the bank’s fault and not that of the Force. Officers affected were communicated via SMS and internal memo as to the situation. Continuous complaint on this particular delay in payments which has been addressed amounts to impatience and indiscipline on the part of the affected officers”, Olumuyiwa.

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