Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- A retired Nigerian police officer, Francis Erhabor, has said that he and his colleagues deployed to fight Boko Haram were paid "a meagre daily allowance of N500" by the police authorities.

Even at that, the N500 was only paid later, apparently after their over three-month deployment to Kano State, North-west Nigeria, in January 2012, Mr Erhabor said in a Facebook post on 23 June.

The money was meant for the officers' daily needs, including their food.

"For over three months during the operation, I endured harsh conditions, risked my life daily, and operated under extreme uncertainty-all for a meagre daily allowance of N500 (five hundred naira only) that was later paid," said Mr Erhabor, who retired as a deputy commi...