The “Passing Out Parade” of the first Nigerian women's police serves as a historical record of the introduction of policewomen in Nigeria. . . Backstory . Nigerian female leaders of the Women’s Party, led by Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi, had proposed in December 1944 to British Police Commissioner King that women be employed as police constables ‘because they would be better able to prevent pr0st!tut!on and to deal with female cr!m!nals’. . The Colonial Office’s annual report for Nigeria in 1955 explained that ‘approval was obtained during the year for the employment of Women Police’. There was an initial intake of twenty women, who embarked on a six-month recruits’ training course at the Southern Police College, after which they were posted to Lagos.
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