Women Empowerment, has sued the FG and the Nigeria Police Force for sacking a policewoman

A rights group, Women Empowerment and Legal Aid, has sued the Federal Government and the Nigeria Police Force for sacking a policewoman, Omotola Olajide, for getting pregnant outside wedlock.

The fundamental human rights suit was instituted before a Federal High Court in Lagos by Activist, and Chairman of WELA, Mrs. Funmi Falana.

The PUNCH had exclusively reported how Olajide, who works in Oye, Ekiti State Police Command, was sacked for getting pregnant outside wedlock.

In an affidavit deposed to by Dipo Omotosho, a litigation officer at the law firm of Falana and Falana Chambers, it was stated that the sacked policewoman had given WELA the authority to pursue the case and help her get justice.

The deponent stated that the Federal Government enacted the Police Act 2020 to guide the operations of the Nigeria Police Force in September 2020.