- Police Service Commission approved the appointment of new Commissioners of Police for two states
- Arase said PSC will continue to create enabling environment for Officers to dispense their best
- PSC demotes nine, orders ACP to refund entitlements
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of new Commissioners of Police for Bayelsa and Borno states.
The new Commissioners are; CP. Alausa Hakeem Tolani for Bayelsa State and CP. Yusuf Mohammed Lawal for Borno state.
Spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani said, “The Commission approved the appointments at the continuation of it’s 21st Plenary Meeting currently going on at its Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase (IGP Rtd) charged the new Commissioners to ensure that the vision of Mr President for improved national security is accorded the required attention.
Arase said the war against terror and terrorism in Nigeria must be won and called on state Command CP’s to re-strategise and take over the public space currently being distorted by non-state actors.
He noted that the Commission will continue to create the enabling environment for the Officers to give off their best, adding that the security of Nigeria and Nigerians must remain a priority for our national growth.
Similarly, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior Police officers over cases of misconduct and abuse of office.
Also, the commission reduced the ranks of nine other officers including a Commissioner of Police during a plenary meeting presided over by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and honourable Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the commission who stood in for commission’s chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired inspector-general of police.
The commission also approved the compulsory retirement of an Assistant Commissioner and directed a refund of all entitlements wrongly paid to him.
It approved posthumous promotion of late Inspector Ifeanyi Oroke to the next rank of ASP II for acts of gallantry and reinstated one dismissed Inspector Augustina Oko to take effect from the date she was dismissed.
The commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand on 16 officers and reprimand for another 18, while two other officers got letters of warning.
The commission had earlier approved the appeal for adjustment on the date of promotion to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police of ACP Woke Iheanyi Kingsley and reinstatement of CSP Anaele Samuel Onuoha in compliance with a Court judgment.