The Women Empowerment and Legal Aid (WELA) has confirmed that
by a Wireless Message with Reference No C/4161/EKS/TY/Vol.2/236,
DTO:181330/01/2021 Corporal Omotola of the Ekiti State Police Command
was dismissed for getting pregnant while she is not married.
In justifying the discriminatory treatment meted out to Miss Omotola the
Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sunday Abutu said that “It
was Police Act Section 124 that was repealed by the Court, not Section
127. Section 127 still stands. Section 124 talks about woman taking
permission from the Commissioner before getting married. Section 127
says any Police officer who is unmarried and eventually gets pregnant shall