Ebun Francis|
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said it has approved the dismissal of nine senior police officers over cases of gross misconduct.
The commission in a statement named the affected officers as, Abdul Ahmed, Samson Ahmidu and Pius Timiala who will also be prosecuted; Others are, Adamu Abare, Osondu Christian, Agatha Usman, Esther Yahaya, Idris Shehu and Usman Dass.
The spokesman for the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, 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.
According to him, 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.
With NAN report
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