BREAKING: Sowore, others shun warnings, lead retired police officers in protest [PHOTOS]
Presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore and other activists are currently leading retired police officers in protest in Abuja.
DAILY POST reports that the protest aimed 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, 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.
BREAKING: Sowore, others shun warnings, lead retired police officers in protest [PHOTOS]
