PSC dismisses 2 police officers, demotes 6 others for misconduct

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, and sabotage.

The PSC also approved the reduction in ranks of six other police officers on 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 PSC Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this via a statement on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Ani noted that the decisions were highpoints of the concluding stages of the PSC’s second plenary meeting held at the commission’s Corporate Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja.

Ani stated that the decisions have since been conveyed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for implementation.

Ani said 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.”

He said another nine senior officers were given punishment of reprimand, while a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated.

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The PSC spokesman noted that a letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police.

Ani stated: “The Commission had earlier treated recommendations on Police 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.”

He quoted the PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), as saying that 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.

Argungu noted that the PSC will accord Pending Disciplinary Matters (PDM) the required attention so that no police officer is unduly stagnated.

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