Police protest in NE Nigeria over salary arrears Some 2,000 police officers stationed in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria demand months of back pay in a angry protest marked by teargas and gunshots fired into the air. The protesting police force blocked the main road outside the police headquarters in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, chanting slogans including "Pay us our allowances or there will be no peace." IMAGES