The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed three senior police officers over allegations of “serious misconduct and conduct unbecoming of officers of the law”.
The commission also demoted 16 police officers, while 21 operatives received “severe reprimands”.
In a statement on Wednesday, Torty Njoku Kalu, PSC spokesperson, said the decisions were taken during the commission’s plenary meeting presided over by Hashimu Salihu Argungu, its chairman.
Njoku said two officers received “ordinary reprimands”, three were exonerated, while some suspended officers were reinstated.
The PSC spokesperson said the commission will not tolerate corruption, human rights abuses, meddling in land and civil matters in the force.
FOUR NEW COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE IN PLATEAU, ENUGU, NASARAWA, ONDO
In a statement released on Thursday, the commission announced the posting of four commissioners of police (CP) to Plateau, Enugu, Nasarawa, and Ondo states.
Njoku said the officers were posted to new roles “following a series of interviews that ascertained their fitness and suitability to undertake the tasks of their new offices”.
The new postings are:
1. Sunday Okoebor (former CP Police Accounts and Budget FHQ) — CP Plateau state
2. Fidelis Ogarabe (former CP INTERPOL Annex Lagos) — CP Enugu state
3. Sheikh Mohammed Danko (former CP force intelligence annex Lagos) — CP Nasarawa state
4. Johnson Ayodeji Babalola (former CP special inquiry FHQ Abuja) — CP Ondo state