The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has dismissed 10 senior police officers and demoted eight others over cases of gross misconduct.
Disclosing this in a statement on Monday, the commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations Ikechukwu Ani, said the decision was reached during a three-week deliberation at the 8th plenary meeting of the commission that ended on July 1.
He said those dismissed included a Superintendent of Police (SP), five Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) and four Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP).
Those demoted were a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), four Superintendents of Police (SP), a Deputy Superintendent of Police and an Assistant Superintendent of Police.
“The commission also approved severe reprimands for 16 officers and reprimand for 13 officers, as well as issuing of letters of warning to four others.
“Two officers are to receive letters of advice while 11 others were exonerated.
“The commission in plenary looked into 83 disciplinary cases which included 18 appeals and petitions,” he said.
The commission also approved the promotion of 6,618 senior officers.
