Unmarried Pregnant Policewoman Sacked

A woman police corporal Olajide Omolala attached to a police station in Ekiti State has been dismissed from the Police Force for allegedly getting pregnant outside of marriage. The unmarried pregnant policewoman was sacked for supposedly breaching service rules.

The signal for her dismissal was obtained by The Punch.

However, controversy over the dismissal immediately arose as it emerged that the law under which she was fired had been repealed.

The signal for her dismissal it was gathered originated from the Department of Finance and Administration in Ado Ekiti. It was sent to the Divisional Police Officer at Iye Ekiti where Omolola is based.

Omolola who completed her police training in April 2020 following which she was posted to Iye Ekiti.

The signal for the sack of the unmarried pregnant policewoman read thus, “Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulation against women police getting pregnant before marriage W/PC (woman corporal) Olajide Omolola passed out of Police Training School on 24/04/2020 attached to yours contravened above provisions.

“She stands dismissed from the Force. Dekit her. Retrieve police documents in her possession with immediate effect. O/C CFO Ekiti only. You are to relay signal to IPPIS Abuja for the stoppage of her salary with immediate effect.

“DECOMPOLS (deputy commissioners of police)/ACPOLS (assistant commissioners of police)/HODs/DPOs Ekiti State only. You are to lecture women police. Treat as very urgent.”

The Punch, however, reported that the law on which the police hierarchy relied on had been repealed in the amended Police Act that was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2020.

Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, the Regional Director for Ford Foundation, West Africa, however, faulted the premise for which the unmarried pregnant policewoman was sacked. He told The Punch:

“That aspect of the law which is discriminatory against women has been repealed. However, the law has not been gazetted but it doesn’t mean it should not be upheld. Gazetting is a mere administrative process. It entails officially publishing and making it available to all stakeholders and government establishments. Until that is done, they are usually reluctant to uphold the law.”

The situation was made to mirror the dismissal of a female soldier in August 2020, who became pregnant after she was raped by bandits on her way to Ogbomoso in Oyo State.

She was charged with ‘conduct prejudicial to service discipline,’ found guilty and dismissed.

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