Thirty senior
police officers retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the
National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force was ‘influenced’ to retire
them.
The officers
sought the powers of the court to interpret certain parts of the constitution
binding on the Police Service Commission and its retirement processes.
The officers
sued the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the
Federation and Inspector-General of Police for an `influenced’ retirement.
Also joined as
co-defendants in the suit which came up for mention, are the Police Service Commission
and the Nigeria Police Force.
The
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, while in an acting capacity
allegedly wrote to the presidency to retire 30 senior officers.
It was also
alleged that the officers who were from the rank of Assistant Inspector-General
(AIG) of police, were eventually retired at the instance of the IGP.
The officers
are praying the court to interpret certain laws in line with their retirement
which they claimed was influenced.
The officers’
counsel, Mr J. U. Pius told the court that all defendants in the suit were duly
served notices on August 16, 2016, to appear in court today but failed to enter
appearance.
He prayed the
court for an adjourned date to hear the substantive matter.
However, the
court’s records showed that only one defendant, the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria was served notice.
The judge,
Justice Rakiya Haastrup, adjourned the case till Feb. 22 for further mention.
She ordered
that notices be duly served on all five defendants in the suit before the
adjourned date.
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