PSC dismisses 10 senior police officers for misconduct

The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and the reduction in rank of nine others.

In a statement signed by Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand for eight officers, reprimand for 10 and letter of warning for three other officers, while three officers were exonerated.

The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by the chairman of the commission Musiliu Smith at the 9th Plenary Meeting which held in Abuja on Monday, 28th and Tuesday 29th September.

Ani said that during plenary, the Commission treated 43 cases of police misconduct where it dismissed one Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), two Superintendents of Police (SP), three Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP), one of which is a retired officer, and four Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP).

He noted that the Commission directed the prosecution of six of officers - one ACP, one SP, two DSPs and two ASPs.

The statement said that “dismissed

ACP Magaji Ado Doko was found to have engaged in acts unbecoming of a public Officer; disobedience to lawful order; discreditable conduct; unlawful use of authority and scandalous conduct. One of the dismissed SPs, Ogedengbe Abraham, was found guilty of negligence/loss of government property; disobedience to lawful order and act unbecoming of a public officer while the other dismissed SP, Gajere Taluwai, was found guilty of discreditable conduct and act unbecoming of a public officer.”

Ani, who said the Commission compulsorily retired SP Talba Mohammed for acts unbecoming of a public officer and dishonesty, added that part of decision approved at the plenary was the reduction in rank of Muhammad Sani Muhammad from CSP to SP for unruly behaviour; gross insubordination, gross misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a senior police officer while SP John Oluwarotimi was reduced to the rank of DSP.

The statement further said that DSPs Mustapha Ibrahim Abubakar, Godwin Agbo and Hassan Hamidu were further reduced to ASP while ASP Edeke Michael, Iyanda Olufemi, Asabe Luka and Anode Christopher were also reduced to the rank of Inspector.