MILITARY PENSION: THE SCAM, THE VILLAINS AND THE VICTIMS By - Segun Melchizedek Edward III

Somtime in July, retired military personnel will embark on a street protest. Why? The straight answer to that question is that they are suffering. In a country with no social security programmes in place, taking what belongs to our retired soldiers fraudulently amounts to depriving them of their lives and happiness in retirement and waging a most vicious economic war against them and several of them have been decimated by this war waged against them by their own country by acts of brazen indiscretion and criminal negligence on the part of those who ought to cater to their needs.

Every retired military personnel you see out there as good as took a bullet and nursed life - threatening wounds he or she took for you at one time or the other. They kept vigil for you watching over your communities and territorial borders. They ward off external aggression and internal rebellion to keep you safe and to guarantee you have a sound sleep at night. They subject themselves to so much turmoil and travails on your behalf, all to ensure you have a sane atmosphere in which to thrive, excel in all your endeavours if you would and to exhale. Take them off the streets and borders for an hour and see what hell would be unleashed on you and your nation by criminals of all shades.