The Nigerian Police Force has announced the dismissal of nine senior officers ,even as six others have been demoted for gross misconduct and unprofessional ethics .
According to a statement by the force Public Relations Officer, Ikechukwu Ani, stated that it was part of the outcome of the fifth plenary meeting of the Police Service Commission, which held in Abuja on March 26 and 27, 2019, presided over by its Chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector-General of Police.
The statement disclosed that those dismissed include, “Abdul Ahmed, a Superintendent of Police who will also be prosecuted; another SP, Adamu Abare, had his promotion from SP to Chief Superintendent of Police withdrawn before his dismissal. DSPs Osondu Christian, Samson Ahmidu and Pius Timiala who would be prosecuted.
Others are Agatha Usman, Esther Yahaya, Idris Shehu and Usman Dass. More so, “Oluwatoyin Adesope and Mansir Bako had their ranks reduced from SP to DSP, while Gbenle Mathew; Tijani Saifullahi, Sadiq Idris and Alice Abbah were demoted from DSP to ASP,” the Service stated.
