Section 107 Nigeria Police Act

Section 107 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Resignation, suspension and dismissal of special constables appointed under section 106. It is under Part XIII (Special Constables) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) A special constable appointed under section 1 06 of this Act may, at any time, give to the senior police officer in charge of the police area in respect of which he is appointed notice in writing to the effect that he desires to resign his appointment on a date (not being less than 30 days later than the date on which the notice is given) mentioned in the notice.

(2) On receipt of a notice under subsection (I), the senior police officer in question shall refer it to the competent authority, and if the competent authority consents to the notice, the appointment of the special constable by whom the notice was given shall determine on the date mentioned in the notice or the date on which he is notified that the competent authority has given its consent under this subsection, whichever, is the later.

(3) The competent authority may, at any time for reasons appearing to it to be sufficient by notice in writing, immediately suspend or determine the appointment of any special constable appointed under section 106 and may, if it deems fit, do so without informing the special constable of the reasons for his action, but shall in every case immediately report its action and the reasons to the Inspector-General of Police.
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(4) A special constable whose appointment is suspended or determined under subsection (3) otherwise than by the Inspector-General of Police, may appeal against the suspension or determination to the competent authority, and any such appeal shall be heard and determined by the competent authority to whom it is made.

(5) Any delegation of the powers of the Inspector-General of Police under subsections (3) and ( 4) shall be such as to secure that in every case the competent authority having power to hear and determine an appeal under
subsection (4) is a police officer of higher rank than the police officer against whose action the appeal is brought.