The Police Service Commission,
PSC, has highlighted reasons 1,500 policemen who benefited from the special
promotion exercise carried out by the office of the Inspector General of
Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris will be demoted.
There are reports that some top
police officers including the Force Spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, Abba Kyari of
the Intelligence Response Team and others will be demoted after gaining double
promotion.
The Chairman of the Police
Service Commission, PSC, Musiliu Smith has faulted the promotion of the
officers, hence the need for it to be reversed.
Displeased by the planned move,
Idris wrote to Smith wondering why the promotions of the officers should be
reversed.
In a letter to Smith with
reference number: CE:2300/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.27/46, dated September 23, 2018, the
police boss insisted that the planned demotion was discriminatory on account of
its arbitrary selection of officers to be affected.
Idris contended that the
Commission lacked the power to review the promotions of the affected officers.
He also stressed that PSC’s power
of promotion was only exercisable on his own recommendation, adding that the
planned demotion could lead to multiple litigations.
Responding to Idris’ query, the
PSC Chairman pointed out the Commission’s powers of appointment, promotion and
discipline as enshrined in Section 6 of the Police Service Commission
(Establishment) Act No 1 of 2001.
A letter by Smith with reference
number PSC/CH/2.18/13/VOl.1 dated October 5, 2018 stated that the Commission
had the overall supervisory function over the Nigeria Police Force.
Smith claimed that Idris’
appointments and postings of Commissioners of Police contravened Section 6 of
the PSC Act which says, “The commission shall be responsible for the
appointment and promotion of persons to offices (other than the office of the
IG) in the NPF.”
He reminded the police boss of
their discussions during his September 14 visit where the issue of large-scale
special promotion without following due process was raised.
Smith insisted that an officer
must have spent at least two years on his substantive post and should not have
benefited from the special promotion in the last three years before he could
qualify for the special promotion.
According to Smith, “The police
rules and regulations established the fact that all unconfirmed Inspectors and
Assistant Superintendents of Police must be made to sit for and pass the
mandatory confirmation examinations.
“Never in the history of the
force have special promotions been this cheapened and trivialized. It will be
difficult to explain a situation where senior officers without any pending
disciplinary matters are skipped perpetually while junior officers will be receiving
double promotions within very short intervals.”
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