FLASH: Unmarried Female Police Officers Should Not Get Pregnant, Says Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja says unmarried female police officers should not get pregnant.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) had approached the court to challenge the legality of regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Force Regulation (NPFR), arguing that the said provision contradicts the 1999 constitution and is discriminatory to unmarried female police officers.
The attorney-general of the federation, the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force were the defendants in the suit.
In a counter-affidavit, the Attorney General of the Federation, a defendants in the suit prayed the court to dismiss the suit.
The AGF said the plaintiff (NBA) ought to approach the national assembly for an amendment if it was not comfortable with the provision.
Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo said the suit lacked merit, holding that such unmarried female police officers were aware of the regulation before they joined the force.
