The Police Service Commission
(PSC) has approved the dismissal of nine senior police officers over cases of
gross misconduct.
The affected officers, according
to a statement by the commission, are Abdul Ahmed, who will also be prosecuted;
Adamu Abare, and Osondu Christian.
Others are Samson Ahmidu, Pius
Timiala, who would be prosecuted, Agatha Usman, Esther Yahaya, Idris Shehu and
Usman Dass.
Ikechukwu Ani, spokesman of the
commission, said six other officers were demoted for different cases of
misconduct.
Ani said Oluwatoyin Adesope and
Mansir Bako were dropped from superintendent of police (SP) to deputy
superintendent of police (DSP), while Gbenle Mathew, Tijani Saifullahi, Sadiq
Idris and Alice Abbah were demoted from the rank of DSP to ASP.
He said the decision on all the
officers was made at a two-day meeting of the commission in Abuja.
He added that the PSC also
approved “severe reprimand’’ for five officers and “reprimand’’ for another
five, but exonerated Austin Agbonlahor, a commissioner of police.
Ani said the commission had
requested the inspector-general of police (IG) to provide it with information
on the punishment meted out to other officers mentioned in the police
investigation reports involving Adamu Abare.
Abare was “involved in irregularities”
in the conduct of the 2011 police recruitment.
Ani said the commission’s
decisions had been conveyed to the I-G for implementation.
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