The NBA had argued that the Regulations 126 and 127 of the NPR, made pursuant to the Police Act, conflict with sections 37 and 42 of the Constitution.
The Regulation 126 provides that an unmarried woman police officer, who becomes pregnant, shall be discharged from the Force and shall not be re-enlisted except with the approval of the Inspector General of Police.
The NBA argued that the provision in the NPR do not only discriminate against unmarried female police officers, but has also rendered many childless for fear of being sacked
But, in a judgment yesterday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that there was nothing discriminatory or unlawful about the provision in Regulations 126 of the NPR.
Justice Ekwo held that having willingly enlisted into the police, and being aware of the regulations, it was wrong for an unmarried female police officer to now flout the same regulations.
