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An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and three Assistant
Superintendents of Police (ASP) have been dismissed over indiscipline by
the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The commission also handed a compulsory retirement to one ASP, while
one Superintendent, two Deputy Superintendent and one ASP had their
ranks reduced.
The development was disclosed by the Head, Press and Public Relation,
PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement he released on Wednesday.
He said that the decisions came following the commission’s plenary
meeting in Abuja, where eight senior police officers were also given
severe reprimand.
He said, “Six other officers received the punishment of reprimand,
four, warning letters, one, letter of advice and seven others
exonerated.”
According to Ani, the commission also approved the reinstatement of
14 senior police officers from appeals and petitions received by it,
while three officers had their seniority restored and another three
reinstated and retired.
The statement further stated that the commission considered and
approved the compulsory retirement of three officers that appealed their
penalties and asserted its earlier decision on reinstatement of two
other officers.
“11 appeals were rejected while approval was given for the promotion
of one DSP. The decisions of the commission have been conveyed to the
Inspector-General of Police for implementation in a letter signed by Mr.
Musa Istifanus, Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to the commission,” Ani
said.
