Gratuities: Security agents lock out protesting Ogun pensioners

on Thursday when aged protesting pensioners were locked out of the office of the Governor of Ogun State, in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta,

Looking dejected and depressed, the pensioners under the aegis of Local Government Pensioners Association, as early as 8am, had stormed the state secretariat to protest the alleged refusal of Governor Dapo Abiodun-led government to pay their gratuities.

Armed with placards, the pensioners who gathered around the state secretariat for their demonstration, however, met a brick wall at the second gate of the secretariat leading to the governor’s office, as the security agents hurriedly locked the gate against them. The State Chairman of Local Government Pensioners Association, Sikiru Ayilara and a handful of the officials were able to beat the security agents and gained entrance.

Ayilara attempted to force the gate open, raining abuses, but the security agents comprising police, NSCDC and private security guards overpowered him.The pensioners resolved to protest after the three days fasting they declared over the backlog of unpaid gratuity. They were armed with mats, insisting that they would not leave the governor’s office until their demands are met.

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