The Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON) has slated September 29, 2025, for another nationwide protests.
The aggrieved retired officers are demanding an end to the Nigeria’s Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which they described as “fraudulent”, and “slave-like pensions”.
ARPON announced this in Abuja earlier in the week when scores of their members gathered at the Federal High Court in solidarity with human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, where he appeared to defend charges of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, and the rest.
The charges were brought by Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
It could be recalled that Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) reported on July 3, 2025, that some junior police officers had fixed July 21, 2025, for a massive protest against what they described as “slavery in uniform”.
Consequently, the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force as well as other senior police officers went into panic, as the rattled Inspector-General of Police mandated all Commissioners of Police to use all available means to stop the protest.
Read details of the report below:
“Slavery In Uniform”: IGP, Others Panic As Junior Officers Mobilise For Massive Protest
In the latest development, the retirees accused successive police chiefs of negotiating pension reforms that favored only senior officers.
Meanwhile, rank-and-file officers are abandoned to retire in poverty after 35 years of service.
According to the aggrieved officers, the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, even civilian agencies such as the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) run dedicated pension boards.
They alleged that CPS is nothing but fraud, noting that senior officers have abandoned it years ago, leaving junior officers behind.
One of the retirees lamented that as a retired CSP, he cannot even send his children to school.
He cried that retirees received as little as ₦2.4 million in gratuity and ₦30,000 as monthly pension.
ARPON recalled their July 21 protests, when they stormed the National Assembly and Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The aggrieved former officers had blocked their entrances for hours until IGP Egbetokun met with them and made some unfulfilled promises.
Egbetokun had sympathised with them but said categorically that exiting CPS was beyond his power.
He, however, promised to undertake measures to improve police welfare within the CPS framework.
The retirees, meanwhile, have vowed to hit the streets again on September 29 as they have run out of patience.
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