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Joe Okei-Odumakin who is the President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, has reacted to the dismissal of an unmarried female corporal, Olajide Omolola, for getting pregnant by calling on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to also sack all Policemen who impregnated women out of wedlock.
The activist has described the dismissal of Omolola as “pure discrimination” noting that many male operatives in the Nigeria Police Force have at one time or the other impregnated ladies whom they were not married to.
Okei-Odumakin stressed that the Force must respect the equality of rights and accord same regard to both genders in the Force.
“It is quite insensitive. The decision of the police authorities typifies the assault encountered by the average Nigerian woman in their workplace. We should be able to interrogate the system and find out if the leadership within the system can also provide the number of men within the police force who have impregnated women out of wedlock and that have also served similar punishment.”
