The Ekiti State Police Command says it is an embarrassment for an unmarried policewoman to get pregnant.
The command stated this while justifying its decision to dismiss an unmarried policewoman, Olajide Omolola, who took in barely a year after joining the force.
Recall that the police had said that the dismissal of Corporal Olajide of Iye Divisional Police Headquarters in Ilejemeje local government area of the state was in line with Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulation.
The section reads,” An unmarried woman police officer who becomes pregnant shall be discharged from the Force and shall not be re-enlisted except with the approval of the Inspector-General.”
Commenting on last week’s dismissal of the policewoman, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Sunday Abutu said every profession has its guiding rules.
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He said that the dismissed corporal, who enlisted in April 2020, embarrassed the force by flouting the rule she swore to adhere to.
He appealed to stakeholders to put sentiments aside and join hands with the police to enforce the laid-down rules.
“It is very much there in the police Act and anyone that is coming in especially a woman when she could get pregnant after some years but in her own case she joined less than a year ago and she got pregnant without a husband. It is against the Police Act.
“People bringing emotions and personal opinion to it should not be the case. In your own establishment, you have your own rules and regulations and no matter how small or big the rule is, nobody should go against it or take it for granted.
“Everyone in the Force knows that you must introduce someone as your husband, that is it. So getting pregnant without doing this is an embarrassment to the Force. There is nothing too harsh in the punishment.
“Don’t forget she got enlisted into the Force not up to a year and there is no record of traditional, church, police marriage,” Abutu told Vanguard.
However, he said that the Inspector-General of Police could yet exercise his discretionary powers to recall the dismissed corporal.