The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers over cases of misconduct and abuse of office.
Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
According to him, the commission took the decisions during its 21st Plenary Meeting, presided over by Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, the Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the commission. The PSC spokesman said the commission also approved the compulsory retirement of an Assistant Commissioner of Police and directed a refund of all entitlements wrongly paid to him.
Ani said the commission also reinstated a dismissed officer , one Insp. Augustina Oko,with effect from the date she was dismissed.
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