The African Action Congress’s (AAC) presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists are currently leading retired police officers in protest in Abuja.
The goal of the demonstration is to to demand improved welfare for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force.
The Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers had vowed to be picket the National Assembly complex and thereafter move to the Force Headquarters, calling their immediate removal from contributory pension scheme.
They described the pension scheme as a “discriminatory”, stating that their members have been dying.
The Police Community Relations Committee, had called on the irate retirees to return to the negotiating table and cautioned against the demonstration.
The PCRC claims that the demonstration was an attempt to damage the reputation of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the Inspector General of Police, and the IGP.
