PSC Conveys Decisions On 29 Police Disciplinary Matters To IGP For Implementation
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, on decisions it has taken in respect of 29 police disciplinary matters, for implementation.
PSC’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
According to him, the decisions were highpoints of the concluding stages of the Commission’s 2nd Plenary Meeting held at its Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
The decisions include: the dismissal and prosecution of 2 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts unbecoming of public officers and the demotion of 6 officers, comprising 2 Superintendents of Police reduced to the rank of Deputy Superintendents, 1 Deputy Superintendent reduced to the rank of Assistant Superintendent and 3 Assistant Superintendents now Inspectors.
Furthermore, a punishment of severe reprimand was approved for 10 senior police officers found guilty of unauthorised disclosure of official secret, dishonesty, sabotage and conduct unbecoming of senior police officers, while another 9 senior officers were given punishment of reprimand.
A Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated, while a letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Mr. Ani also revealed that the Commission had, upon treating the recommendations on police promotions, elevated several senior police officers.
These 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 1,348 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 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.
He 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 in a letter signed by Secretary to the Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani”, the statement said.
