The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of some senior officers, including 11 Commissioners of Police elevated to Assistant Inspectors General of Police, 16 Deputy Commissioners promoted to Commissioners and 21 Assistant Commissioners elevated to Deputy Commissioners.
Spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
Ani said the decisions were taken during the PSC’s second plenary meeting held at its headquarters in, Abuja
According to him, also promoted are 57 Chief Superintendents promoted to Assistant Commissioners , 1, 348 Superintendents elevated to Chief Superintendents and 876 Deputy Superintendents promoted to Superintendent.
He said : “The Commission had earlier treated recommendations on Police Promotions and promoted several senior Police Officers.
“These include eleven Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police; 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners; 21 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners; 57 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Commissioners and 1348 Superintendents to Chief Superintendents which included Obi-Ejoh Nnamdi Patrick, former Commander Anti Narcotics section, FCT Command, now serving at Kaduna Command and Milicent Amadi, Officer in Charge of Surveillance, State CID Ebonyi state Command.
“Others were 876 Deputy Superintendents promoted to Superintendents and which also included the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO for Enugu State Command, Daniel Ndukwe,“ the statement added.
Ani explained that the Commission during the plenary meeting also approved the dismissal of two Assistant Superintendents of Police for gross misconduct, including dishonesty, corruption, sabotage, and actions unbecoming of public officers.
“The Commission has also approved the demotion of six officers for related offences
“The six demoted officers include : two Superintendents of Police reduced to Deputy Superintendents, one Deputy Superintendent reduced to Assistant Superintendent, and three Assistant Superintendents demoted to the rank of Inspector,” he said.
Ani also stated that 10 senior officers were punished for unauthorised disclosure of official secrets, dishonesty, sabotage, and unprofessional conduct.
He added that nine officers were reprimanded for various forms of misconduct, noting that a Deputy Commissioner of Police was found not guilty and cleared of allegations.
“A letter of warning was served on an Assistant Superintendent of Police,” he said.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
