The Police Service Commission (PSC) said it has terminated the appointment of four senior police officers for engaging in gross misconduct and acts unfit for public officers.
The was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani.
According to Ani, the PSC took the decision at the 10th Plenary Meeting chaired by retired Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith on Friday.
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“A Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, was dismissed for discreditable conduct, dishonesty and act unbecoming of a public officer.
“A Superintendent of Police was also dismissed for conspiring with four others to vandalize a transformer and stealing. The Commission also directed that the Officer should be prosecuted.
“The two other dismissed officers included a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)and an Assistant Superintendent of Police,” the statement read in part.
The PSC spokesman explained that the DSP led a team that intercepted three Mercedes Benz trucks conveying about 300,000 live cartridges believed to have been smuggled across the border from the Benin Republic.
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