The Police Service Commission, PSC has dismissed one Assistant Superintendent of Police and rejected 23 appeals from dismissed policemen for reinstatement and restoration of ranks.
The Commission also approved the reduction in rank of a Superintendent and an ASP over various established cases of misconduct, adding that its decisions had been communicated to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase for implementation.
The PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement issued on Friday, said the decisions were the high points of the 15th plenary meeting of the commission held in Abuja and presided over by its Chairman, Mike Okiro, a retired Inspector-General of Police.
According to Ani, “One serving DSP and ASP received the punishments of severe reprimand while an Assistant Commissioner, two DSPs and an ASP are to be issued letters of reprimand.
“An SP will receive letter of warning while an ASP was exonerated,” the statement stated, adding that the commission also approved the
reinstatement of 10 other police officers, exonerated three and committed the dismissal of three others to retirement.
The PSC, which approved the reinstatement and retirement of eight, rejected the appeals of 15 others, following appeals from ex-police
officers for reinstatement based on court judgments.
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