The Guardian (Nigeria)

Police Service Commission Debunks Dismissal Of Shogunle, Badmus

- From Kanayo Umeh, Abuja

THE Police Service Commission ( PSC), yesterday, denied media reports of the dismissal of Assistant Commission­er of Police ( ACP) Abayomi Shogunle and Chief Superinten­dent of Police ( CSP) Dolapo Badmus.

Shogunle was a former head of the Police Public Complaint Unit while Badmus was a former spokespers­on for the Lagos State Police Command and later the Zone Two Command.

A list purportedl­y submitted by the Presidenti­al Panel on Police Reforms was posted online yesterday afternoon, including names and service numbers of 37 officers alleged to have been recommende­d for dismissal, demotion, or warning.

Spokesman for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in an interview with The Guardian, explained that “Dolapo was not dismissed, she has two cases in the first case, she was awarded the punishment of reprimand while in the second case, she was given severe reprimand. And someone like ASP

Tochukwu Ogalagu was given the punishment of reprimand.”

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Nigeria