30 Aggrieved AIGs drag Buhari, Police to court over ‘influenced’ retirement

Thirty aggrieved senior police officers have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris before the National Industrial Court, Abuja, on allegation that their retirement was ‘influenced’.

Also sued in the case is the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as well as the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force.

The senior police officers, who were retired in 2016, are therefore praying the court to intervene in their matter and interpret constitutional provisions regarding Police Service Commission and its retirement processes.

They are alleging that their retirement was influenced and did not conform to certain laws in the constitution, which they are asking the court to look into.

When the case was mentioned in the court on Monday, counsel to the officers J. U. Pius, explained to the court that all defendants in the suit were accordingly served notices on August 16, 2016, to appear in court today but they failed to enter appearances.

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When court record was checked, it revealed that only the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was served notice and not all the defendants.

Sequel to this, the presiding judge, Rakiya Haastrup, adjourned the case till February 22 for further mention and asked that notices be duly served on all five defendants in the suit before the adjourned date.

Ripples Nigeria reports that Idris while still serving in acting capacity had allegedly written the presidency asking that he retires the 30 senior officers, some of whom were said to be his senior in rank.

The officers, many of them within the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) were eventually retired following Idris’ demand.

 

 

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