The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed some of its senior serving officers for committing some grievous crimes.
Men of the Nigeria Police Force
Six senior police officers have been dismissed by the Police
Service Commission for impersonation, forgery, insubordination,
negligence and disobedience to lawful order.
According to The Punch, those dismissed are in the ranks of
Superintendents of Police, Assistant Superintendents and a Chief
Superintendent of Police.
The commission at its plenary meeting on Thursday in Abuja, also
rejected the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, for special promotion of 12 officers.
These were part of the decisions taken by the PSC on 55
disciplinary cases brought before it, a statement on Thursday in Abuja
by the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, stated.
It explained that the commission rejected the recommendation for
special promotion of one Deputy Superintendent of Police and one
Inspector and also returned the recommendation for the appointment of a
Deputy Commissioner of Police on an acting capacity for proper
presentation.
“It also withheld the special promotion of nine other senior
police officers for failure of the police to provide convincing reasons
for such promotions,” the statement added.
The PSC however promoted 135 officers, including four Deputy Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Commissioners.
The new CPs are, Posi Ajunwa, Akinsanmi Ayo, Kenneth Ebrimson and Akpoebi Egbuson.
The commission also elevated 17 Assistant Commissioners of Police
to Deputy Commissioners and 78 CSPs to Assistant Commissioners of
Police.
The two-day meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the
Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro, a retired Inspector-General of Police, also
endorsed the promotions of one SP to CSP; 12 DSPs to SPs and one ASP to
DSP.
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