According to a wireless message dated August 18, 2025, signed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of DFA, Rivers State Command, the exercise will run from Tuesday, August 19, to Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at the Pension Office, Borikiri, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Nigeria Police Force has directed all personnel who retired between July 1, 2007, and December 2022 to report to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for urgent pension documentation.
According to a wireless message dated August 18, 2025, signed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of DFA, Rivers State Command, the exercise will run from Tuesday, August 19, to Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at the Pension Office, Borikiri, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The signal, with reference number CH: 8475/RVS/VOL.4/125, directed Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and tactical commanders to urgently inform all affected retirees in their areas of responsibility (AOR).
The police message, marked ‘Confidential’, reads in part: “CH: 8475/RVS/VOL.4/125 X Pension Scheme; COMPOL directs as a matter of urgency you inform all retirees in your AOR who retired between 1st July 2007 to December, 2022 to report at Pension Office, Borikiri for documentation from Tuesday 19/08/2025 to Tuesday 26/08/2025.
“Treat as very important, please.”
Meanwhile, in July, a group of retired police officers took to the streets to protest the poor treatment they had been receiving from the Nigeria Police Force, particularly concerning their retirement benefits.
The protesters, speaking to SaharaReporters during a nationwide demonstration led by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, lamented that they have received only 25% of the funds deducted from their salaries over 35 years of service.
“I’m here to fight for my right,” said Danjuma, a retired officer.
“We have gone there how many times, and all we are hearing from the National Assembly is lies,” Danjuma said.
“A Senator from Uyo promised to help us in September last year, and up till today, nothing has been done. Where are we heading to? Please do something, we are dying.”
Retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) had also rejected the recent healthcare incentives announced by the Nigerian Government.
They insisted on a complete removal from the scheme as the only acceptable solution to their demands.
This development follows President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the immediate rollout of free healthcare services for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), alongside the implementation of long-overdue pension increases.
