Retirement: Police Officers Begin Committal Proceedings Against IGP

Some aggrieved police officers who were forcefully retired from the Force after a court judgement, have commenced committal proceedings against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Force Secretary for refusing to obey the judgement of The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Abuja presided by His Lordship, Hon. Justice O. O. Oyewumi in a judgement delivered since the 19th day of April 2022.

The judgement was as contained in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/281/2021 – CSP EGONG EGWU EGONG  & 3 ORS

(For themselves and as representing all members of Courses 33, 34 & 35 (Force Entrants) of the Police  Academy) Vs Police Service Commission (PSC).

The court held that the decision of the Police Service Commission (PSC) in its plenary meeting in relation  to the regularisation of the date of first appointment of all members of Courses 33, 34 & 35 is valid and subsisting and therefore stopped the plan or attempt to retire some of them who have not reached the  mandatory retirement age of 60 years and who have not put in 35 years of pensionable service in the Force.

It would be recalled that incidentally the police authority had implemented the earlier judgments of the same court involving other police officers, but for inexplicable reasons, refused bluntly to obey the

judgment involving Courses 33, 34 & 35.