Retired officers of the Nigeria Police Force, under the aegis of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), yesterday blocked a gate of the Presidential Villa in Abuja in protest against their continued inclusion in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).
The protesters, who stormed the Villa gate with their families, described the scheme as “fraudulent, illegal, inhumane, and obnoxious,” and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to assent to the Police Exit Bill.
The retirees noted that, the bill—passed by the National Assembly on December 4, 2025, and transmitted to the Presidency on March 16, 2026—would remove police personnel from the CPS if signed into law.
National Coordinator of PROF, CSP Raphael Irowainu (retd.), who led the protest, said the demonstration was aimed at urging the president to act on the legislation.
“Our major aim here is to prevail on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign our bill—the bill exiting the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme—passed by the National Assembly on 4th December 2025 and transmitted to him on 16th March, 2026, into law, nothing more than that,” he said.