Three senior police officers have been dismissed for “serious misconduct,” with the approval of the Police Service Commission.
The commission also voted to demote five additional officials who were judged deficient in their duties.
The commission’s official spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, released a statement on Friday, highlighting some of the decisions made at the commission’s 21st plenary, which concluded on Thursday, July 20, 2023.
“The dismissed police officers were two Deputy Superintendents of Police and one Assistant Superintendent of Police.
“One Chief Superintendent of Police, one Superintendent, one Deputy Superintendent, and two Assistant Superintendents of Police were reduced in rank for misconduct.”
Furthermore, he mentioned that 14 were severely penalised, 6 were punished, and 7 were given letters of caution.
Ani said, “Fourteen Officers received severe reprimands, six received reprimands, and seven received letters of warning. The Commission also reinstated six dismissed Officers who got favourable court judgements or reviews of their cases.
“The commission had earlier on Wednesday, July 18 approved the appointment of two Deputy Inspectors General of Police, Mathew Akinyosola who retired on July 1 this year, and Slyverster Abiodun Alabi whose tenure started on the same July 1, 2023, and now represents the South West in the Police Management Team.
“The Commission also approved the promotion of the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Oladunmoye Adejobi, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.
“The commission approved the promotion of 14,052 Inspectors of Police who attended the last Departmental Selection Board promotion interview to the next rank of Assistant Superintendents of Police (Unconfirmed).”
Some of the new ASP 1 include; Fransica Njoku, Ebonyi State Command, Benjamin Justina, Rivers State Command, Nnamdi Nwoba, Abia State Command, Joseph Arinze, Zonal CID, Zone 9 Headquarters Umuahia, Mohammed Lawal and Adamu Hassan.
The plenary confirmed 9,016 ASPs who had previously been unconfirmed, including ASP Edo Ameh of FCT Command and ASP Abubakar Musa of the same command, as stated by Ani.
“The Commission Chairman said the Commission will continue to hold Police Officers accountable for their conduct/misconduct and will ensure that pending disciplinary matters will receive the Commission’s urgent attention at all times. This is so that Officers are not unduly stagnated,” he added.
