Police Reinstates Officer sacked for getting Pregnant

The Nigerian Police Force has reinstated Omolola Olajide, a pregnant officer in Ekiti, after a landmark court ruling found the police regulation permitting the dismissal of unmarried pregnant policewomen to be discriminatory.

Olajide was initially dismissed for becoming pregnant while unmarried, but she challenged the decision in court, arguing that her male counterparts didn’t face similar penalties for similar circumstances.

The National Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal ruled in Olajide’s favor, citing gender discrimination. Justice D. K. Damulak delivered a landmark judgment on January 11, 2023, declaring that the Police Regulation violates Section 42 of the Nigerian Constitution and Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights .

In. Facebook post, APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, highk*Key Outcomes:*- _Reinstatement_: Omolola Olajide has been reinstated as a police officer.- _Landmark Ruling_: The court declared the police regulation permitting dismissal of unmarried pregnant policewomen as discriminatory.- _Gender Discrimination_: The regulation violates Section 42 of the Nigerian Constitution and Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.- _Compliance_: The Nigerian Police Force has complied with the court’s ruling, upholding justice. # KING IROKO PAGE