The presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore and other activists are leading retired police officers in a protest in Abuja.
The protest is based on the poor welfare and pension conditions of police personnel.
Chanting “Pay police a living wage and proper pensions,” the group bore placards showing their demands for both serving and retired police officers.
One of the placards titled #Police Protest” reads: “Decent Salaries Now”; “End Police Slavery,” “Pensions for Police Officers” and “Dignity for Those in Uniform.”
Sowore said: “No policeman should earn less than N500,000 monthly. That’s about $300 dollars monthly, and that’s nothing. We are saying enough is enough. We are here to talk about better conditions of service for men in service and those who are retired; and even for their family members.
“How can you serve the country for 35 years, and you go home with N2 million naira.”
The Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers had vowed to picket the National Assembly complex and thereafter move to the Force Headquarters, calling for their immediate removal from contributory pension scheme.