The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of Police officers.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani at the end of the Commission’s 2nd plenary meeting
According to the statement, the Commission also approved the reduction in ranks of six other officers on related offences.
“The officers include two Superintendents of Police reduced to the rank of Deputy Superintendents, one Deputy Superintendent reduced to the rank of Assistant Superintendent and three Assistant Superintendents now Inspectors.”
It added that the Commission also approved a punishment of severe reprimand on 10 senior officers found guilty of unauthorised disclosure of official secrets, dishonesty, sabotage and conduct unbecoming of senior officers, while another nine senior officers were given the punishment of reprimand and a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated.
It further explained that the Commission had earlier treated recommendations on Police Promotions and promoted several senior Police Officers.
According to the statement, ” These include eleven 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; 57 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners and 1348 Superintendents to Chief Superintendents which included 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.
“Others were 876 Deputy Superintendents promoted to Superintendents and which also included the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO for Enugu State Command, Daniel Ndukwe.”
It stated that the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, said that the Commission would ensure that Nigeria’s Police officers are disciplined to effectively carry out their constitutional responsibility of enforcing the law and protecting lives and property.
DIG Argungu noted that the Commission will accord Pending Disciplinary Matters (PDM) the required attention so that no Police officer is unduly stagnated.
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