The Digest:
Retired police officers under the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF) have blocked Gate 8 of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, demanding that President Bola Tinubu sign the Police Exit Bill passed by the National Assembly in December 2025. The bill seeks to withdraw the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which protesters described as "fraudulent, illegal, inhumane, and obnoxious." Other security agencies, including the Army, Navy, and SSS, have already been exited from the scheme.
Key Points:
- The bill was transmitted to the President on March 16, 2026.
- Protesters say the CPS causes "slavery and untimely death" for police retirees.
- Other security agencies have already been exited from the scheme.
- Security personnel failed to dissuade the protesters from blocking the gate.
- No official from the Villa has addressed the protesters.
Retired police officers remain at the Presidential Villa gate, insisting on seeing the President to secure his signature on the bill.
Sources: Channels TV, Vanguard
