PSC sacks 3 senior officers, demotes 16, sanctions 42, exonerates 3

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has accredited the dismissal of three senior senior cops following established circumstances of significant misconduct and conduct unbecoming of officers of the regulation.

Head, Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu, in a press assertion, Wednesday in Abuja, mentioned 16 officers have been diminished in rank, 21 officers obtained extreme reprimands, and two officers have been issued unusual reprimands.

Meanwhile, 3 officers have been exonerated from wrongdoing, and a few beforehand suspended officers have been reinstated into the Force.

He mentioned the selections have been reached on the Commission’s Plenary assembly presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), mni, psc, NPM, held on the Solomon Arase Conference Hall, Commission’s Corporate Headquarters, Abuja.

According to Kalu, whereas reaffirming the Commission’s zero tolerance for corruption, human rights abuses, meddling in land and civil issues, and different acts of misconduct within the Force, DIG Argungu assured the general public of steady speedy dispensation of disciplinary issues earlier than the Commission.

The Chairman recommended the Chairman of the PSC Standing Committee on Discipline & Legal Matters, Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje (JSC, retd.), and different Board Members, together with DIG (Dr) Taiwo Lakanu (retd.), fdc; Hon. Justice Christine Dabup (JHC, retd.); Alhaji Abdulfatah Mohammed; Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Secretary to the Commission; and Mr. Ferdinand U. Ekpe, Director of the Police Discipline Department, for his or her dedication and dedication all through the departmental, committee, and plenary issues of the disciplinary circumstances and appeals.