The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two (2) Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of public officers.
PSC also approved the demotion of 6 other officers on related offences, including two Superintendents of Police reduced to the rank of Deputy Superintendents, one Deputy Superintendent demoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent and 3 Assistant Superintendents now Inspectors.
This is according to a statement issued by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani on Monday.
Ani disclosed that the decisions were high points of the concluding stages of the Commission’s second plenary meeting held at its Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
“The Commission also approved a punishment of severe Reprimand on ten senior Police Officers found guilty of unauthorised disclosure of official secret, dishonesty, sabotage and conduct unbecoming of senior Police Officers. Another nine senior Officers were given punishment of Reprimand while a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated. A letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police,” he stated.
He revealed that the PSC had earlier treated recommendations on police promotions and promoted several senior police officers, including 11 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police; 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners; 21 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners.
Others are 57 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners and 1348 Superintendents to Chief Superintendents, which comprises Obi-Ejoh Nnamdi Patrick, former Commander Anti Narcotics Section, FCT Command, now serving at Kaduna Command and Milicent Amadi, Officer in Charge of Surveillance, State CID Ebonyi State Command.
876 Deputy Superintendents were equally promoted to Superintendents, including the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Enugu State Command, Daniel Ndukwe.
On his part, the Chairman of the PSC, DIG Hashimu Argungu said the Commission will ensure that Nigeria’s police officers must be disciplined to effectively carry out their constitutional responsibility of enforcing the law and protecting lives and property.
Argungu noted that the Commission will accord Pending Disciplinary Matters (PDM) the required attention so that no police officer is unduly stagnated.
“The decisions have since been conveyed to the Inspector General of Police for implementation in a letter signed by Secretary to the Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani,” the statement added.
