Despite the warning by Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) that retired police officers should not stage a protest concerning the issues of contributory pension scheme, the latter shunned the directive and staged protest on Monday, 21 July, 2025, reports Business Today NG.
The Presidential candidate of African Action Congress, (AAC), in the 2023 elections and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and others on Monday, 21 July, 2025 lead , aggrieved retired police officers in the protest
The protest, it was gathered, is meant to demand improved welfare for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force.
Recall that 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 PCRC had warned against the protest, calling on the aggrieved retirees to return to the table for negotiations.
According to PCRC, the protest was an attempt to discredit the Inspector General of Police, IGP and the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
