* For corruption, misconduct
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of public officers.
The Commission also approved the demotion of six other officers on related offences.
The officers include two Superintendents of Police (SPs) demoted to Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP), one DSP demoted to the rank of ASP, and three ASPs, who were brought down to the rank of Inspectors.
The Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said the decisions were highpoints of the concluding stages of the Commission’s 2nd Plenary Meeting held at its Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
The Commission also approved a punishment of severe reprimand on 10 senior officers found guilty of unauthorised disclosure of official secret, dishonesty, sabotage, and conduct unbecoming of senior police officers.
Nine other senior officers were given punishment of reprimand, while a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) was found not guilty and exonerated.
A letter of warning was served on an ASP, he added.
The Commission had earlier treated recommendations on promotions and promoted several senior officers.
They include 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; 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.
Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd, mni, says 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.
DIG 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 through a letter signed by Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Onyemuche Nnamani