PSC reinstates 10 dismissed police officers, promotes 48

The Police Service Commission has approved the reinstatement of 10 police officers out of 18 dismissed by the PSC.

The PSC also approved the conversion of the dismissal of two officers to retirement and rejected the appeals of six others for lack of merit.

According to a statement made available to The Star on Thursday by the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, the commission took the decision at its 17th plenary meeting which ended in Abuja last Friday.

Ani stated that the PSC, at its meeting presided over by the commission’s acting chairman, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi (Retd), also approved the conversion of 301 ICT professionals to General Duty.

He added that the commission equally approved the promotion of 48 officers.

According to him, the PSC had earlier approved the Special Promotion of CSP Daniel Amah to the next rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police for his exemplary conduct in rejecting a bribe of $200,000 in the course of his duty as the Divisional Police Officer in Bompai Kano State.

Ani noted that Amah was also presented with Honesty and Integrity Service Award and a cash gift of N1 million.

He further quoted Justice Ogunbiyi as saying that the PSC will continue to ensure that appeals and petitions by aggrieved or dismissed police officers will be treated with dispatch so that “no police officer is unjustly punished as a result of unnecessary delay”.

The PSC chairman noted that promotions of staff of the commission will remain prompt and regular, calling for reciprocity from the officers by improved commitment in the discharge of their duties.

Ogunbiyi, who said there is a lot of work to be done in the PSC, called for greater dedication from all the officers.

The Star