{"id":170375,"date":"2025-07-20T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pcrc-fumes-over-police-retirees-protest-plans"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:53:01","slug":"pcrc-fumes-over-police-retirees-protest-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pcrc-fumes-over-police-retirees-protest-plans","title":{"rendered":"PCRC Fumes Over Police Retirees&#8217; Protest Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, on Sunday said the planned nationwide protest by retired police officers is an attempt to discredit the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers, Mannir M. Lawal had in an interview, said that members of the union would protest in Abuja on Monday, July 21.<\/p>\n<p>However, PCRC National Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Olaniyan in a statement on Sunday, claimed that the proposed protest, a campaign for the rights of retired police personnel, was ill-timed, stressing that it aimed at undermining the achievements of the IGP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a calculated attempt to distract and discredit the commendable progress being made by the I-G and by extension, the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PCRC holds in high regard, the integrity, discipline, and patriotism of our retired police officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe they possess both the dignity and appropriate channels to express concerns without resorting to opportunistic or politically motivated demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do not need intermediaries to speak on their behalf,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, on Sunday said the planned nationwide protest by retired police officers is an attempt to discredit the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun. Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers, Mannir M. Lawal had in an interview, said that members of the union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[300,254,6013,165],"class_list":["post-170375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-igp","tag-nigeria","tag-pcrc","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PCRC Fumes Over Police Retirees&#039; Protest Plans - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, on Sunday said the planned nationwide protest by retired police officers ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pcrc-fumes-over-police-retirees-protest-plans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PCRC Fumes Over Police Retirees&#039; 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