The Nigeria Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday approved the dismissal of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) and demoted six others over offenses of gross misconduct and alleged corruption.
On Monday, 13th of January, 2025, the two ASPs were dismissed for misconduct, dishonesty, and other irresponsible acts that are said to be against the policies of their offices.
Six others were demoted, including two Superintendents of Police (SP) to Deputy Superintendents (DSP), one DSP to Assistant Superintendent (ASP), and three ASPs to Inspector according to the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani,
The PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani said the decisions were high points of the concluding stages of the commission’s 2nd Plenary Meeting in Abuja.
He further said:
“The Commission also approved a punishment of severe Reprimand on ten senior Police Officers found guilty of unauthorised disclosure of official secret, dishonesty, sabotage and conduct unbecoming of senior Police Officers”.
Ani also disclosed that some nine other officers were also given a punishment of reprimand while a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated. A letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police he said.
According to him, another nine senior officers were given punishment of reprimand, while a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and exonerated while a letter of warning was served on one ASP.
Ani also mentioned that the commission earlier treated recommendations on police promotions and promoted some senior officers, including 11 Commissioners of Police (CP) to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs).
He said others promoted were 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to CPs, 21 ACPs to DCPs, 57 Chief Superintendents of Police (CSP) to ACP, 1,348 SPs to CSPs and 876 DSPs to SPs.
He said the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Hashimu Argungu, pledged the commitment of the commission to ensure discipline among officers of the Nigeria Police Force to effectively carry out their constitutional responsibility.
Ani said the PSC chairman said the commission would accord Pending Disciplinary Matters (PDM) the required attention to ensure that no police officer was unduly stagnated.
