Two Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASPs have been dismissed for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of police officers, while 6 others were demoted by the Police Service Commission.
This was made public by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations in a statement on Monday. Ani said the Commission also approved the reduction in ranks of six other officers over 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,” the statement said.
The statement added that 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.
It said another nine senior officers were given punishment of reprimand, while a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated.
The statement equally disclosed that a letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police, adding that the Commission had earlier treated recommendations on promotions and promoted several senior police officers.
“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.”
Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu said the PSC will ensure that Nigeria’s police officers are disciplined to effectively carry out their constitutional responsibility of enforcing the law and protecting lives and property.
He noted that the Commission will accord Pending Disciplinary Matters, PDM, the required attention so that no police officer is unduly stagnated.
The statement added that 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.