{"id":62663,"date":"2025-03-12T13:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62663"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:55:33","slug":"nigeria-police-scrap-dismissal-law-for-unmarried-pregnant-officers-aig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/12\/nigeria-police-scrap-dismissal-law-for-unmarried-pregnant-officers-aig\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Police Scrap Dismissal Law for Unmarried Pregnant Officers \u2013AIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a policy shift, the Nigeria Police Force has officially repealed laws mandating the dismissal of unmarried policewomen who become pregnant while in service.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Aishatu Abubakar-Baju confirmed the reform during an interview on <em>Channels Television\u2019s<\/em> <em>The Morning Brief<\/em> on March 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that all gender-discriminatory regulations have been removed from the police statutes, aligning with the 2020 Police Act and broader reforms to promote inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows the controversial dismissal of Corporal Omolola Olajide in 2021 for pregnancy, a case that sparked public outcry and legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>A Court of Appeal ruling in May 2024 overturned the discriminatory regulations, setting the stage for this policy overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>AIG Abubakar-Baju reaffirmed that under the new framework, no unmarried female officer would face dismissal for pregnancy, marking a significant step toward gender equality within Nigeria\u2019s law enforcement system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a policy shift, the Nigeria Police Force has officially repealed laws mandating the dismissal of unmarried policewomen who become pregnant while in service. Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Aishatu Abubakar-Baju confirmed the reform during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on March 12, 2025. She emphasized that all gender-discriminatory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62665,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62663\/revisions\/62665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}