UPDATE: Policewoman Detained After Tendering Resignation

According to reports, the Lagos State Police Command held police officer Fauzziyah Isiak after she tendered her resignation.

Isiak stated in a series of tweets on Thursday that she had repeatedly submitted her resignation to the Force over the course of the previous year, but that it had not yet been accepted.

She allegedly tweeted in the wee hours of Thursday that she was taken into custody on Wednesday after being summoned in for an interview.

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“I never saw this coming. I have never thought I’ll be put in detention without interrogation. All I did was try to resign. I have been trying to resign from the Police since last year but my letters were not approved. My boss had called me to show up yesterday 24th of May to meet the Deputy commissioner for an interview. I thought they were finally going to approve my resignation but the only words I heard was that I should be detained to be tried and dismissed,” she wrote.

Isiak claimed her mother had been summoned and told to attend on her behalf because she had been unable to change her clothes and sanitary pad.

She said, “I have always worked in the administrative department, in fact, the religious department of the Nigeria Police. I believe in pursuing everything with passion, I always remove myself whenever I think i am no longer giving full attention to a job or career.”

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“I really want to go home. I don’t know who will read this. My phone will die soon. This is a cry for help,” the policewoman added.

Responding to her claims, Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin said she absconded from her job for about a month which makes her a deserter “in flagrant disregard for the conditions of service she willingly signed to.”

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