A compulsorily retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Moses Jitoboh, has prayed the National Industrial Court in Abuja to declare his retirement by the Police Service Commission before his mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in service, as wrongful, unconstitutional and unlawful.
Jitoboh, in his statement of claims filed before the court, described his compulsory retirement as a flagrant violation of Rule 020810 of the Public Service Rules and Section 18 (8) of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020.
The PUNCH reports that the PSC had in a statement on August 28, 2023, announced the retirement of Jitoboh and three others on the grounds of upholding police tradition of retiring officers when a junior police officer is promoted over senior officers to avoid ‘status reversal’.
But Jitoboh is not only praying the court to order his reinstatement, he also wants the N550m as general damages “for the unwarranted embarrassment caused by the purported termination of my employment,” contending that the development portrayed him as a disloyal officer.
He also wants the court to compel the PSC to pay him an additional N50m as the cost of filing the lawsuit.
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