Police Commission Sacks 3 Senior Officers, Demotes 16 Over Misconduct

(PSC. Photo by Head Topics)

The PSC, has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers and the demotion of 16 more.

The commission cited misconduct in each case.

Police Service Commission, also gave severe reprimands to 21 officers and ordinary reprimands to two others.

In total, 42 officers have been disciplined.

Three officers were cleared of wrongdoing.

Some officers who had been suspended were brought back into the Nigeria Police Force.

The decisions were made at a plenary meeting chaired by DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.) at the Solomon Arase Conference Hall, the commission's headquarters in Abuja.

In a statement, PSC spokesman Torty Njoku said the actions followed proven cases of serious misconduct and behaviour unbecoming of police officers.

Argungu reaffirmed the commission's zero tolerance for corruption, human rights abuses, meddling in land and civil disputes and other misconduct in the force.

He also stated Nigerians that disciplinary cases before the commission will continue to be handled quickly.

He also praised the Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Discipline and Legal Matters, Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (retd.), and other board members.

Those he named include DIG Taiwo Lakanu (retd.), Justice Christine Dabup, Alhaji Abdulfatah Mohammed, Secretary to the Commission Chief Onyemuche Nnamani and Director of the Police Discipline Department Ferdinand U. Ekpe.

He thanked them for their work on the disciplinary cases and appeals at departmental, committee and plenary levels.