The Police Service Commission today, Wednesday, approved the dismissal of three Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and the reduction in rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), two Superintendents (SP) and one Assistant Superintendent Police (ASP).
The commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand of an ACP, a CSP, four SPs, two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) and 12 ASPs.
This is as the PSC Chairman, IGP Solomon Arase (retd.) has restated the Commission’s commitment to Police officers welfare but would not hesitate to wield the big stick where necessary.
A press statement by PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in Abuja, noted that the decisions were highpoints of the 20th Plenary Meeting of the Commission, Wednesday, at the PSC Cooperate Headquarters, in Jabi, Abuja and presided over by IGP Arase.
He said the Commission also approved punishment of reprimand to six officers: one SP and five ASPs, just as promotion of 109 senior staff of the commission was also approved.
According to Ani, PSC chairman, who presided over the meeting for the first time, congratulated the newly promoted staff on their success in the promotion examination.
He said Arase reminded the staff that their new status was a call to more sacrifice in their conduct of government business and tasked them to reciprocate the gesture by putting in more efforts in service of their fatherland.
The spokesperson futher stated that the Commission’s boss assured that promotion of staff was a priority, however, the staff must be ready to improve themselves and be prepared for the challenges ahead.
The Chairman also called on the Police to ensure that they work within the established laws guiding their operations, even as assured them that disciplinary matters would henceforth be handled with dispatch so that officers who are found wanting would serve their punishments while those who are exonerated are cleared to continue with their career progression without hinderance.
He said the Commission’s boss thanked members of the Commission for their commitment and dedication to the assignment at hand and assured them that he would carry everyone along in the tasking assignment of rebuilding the Commission and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
