December 27, (THEWILL) – Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Moses Jitoboh, died on Friday at Garki General Hospital in Abuja following complications from blood clots in his lungs.
Jitoboh from Bayelsa state, served as Aide-de-Camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan during his tenure as Vice President under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua from 2007 to 2010.
The Police Service Commission had on August 28, 2023, retired DIG Jitoboh and three others, following the appointment of the current Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
While the decision was part of the tradition of retiring officers when a junior police officer is promoted over senior officers to avoid ‘status reversal’, Jitoboh had on October 17, approached the National Industrial Court in Abuja to challenge his retirement.
In his statement of claims, Jitoboh had maintained that he was and remained an officer of the Nigeria Police Force until the 10th day of June 2029 when he would have attained 35 years in service and duly retire
He described his compulsory retirement as a flagrant violation of Rule 020810 of the Public Service Rules and Section 18 (8) of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020.
Jitoboh further declared the action of the PSC before his mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in service, as wrongful, unconstitutional, and unlawful
He had prayed for an order of the court directing the PSC to pay the sum of ₦500 million only as general damages for the unwarranted embarrassment caused by the purported termination of his employment as he had been portrayed to be a disloyal officer.
He also prayed for another sum of ₦50 million as the cost of prosecuting the ongoing action.
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