The Police Service Commission (PSC) says all senior police officers due for retirement must proceed
Ayodele OluwafemiThe Police Service Commission says it will not extend the tenure of senior police officers who are expected to retire in the first quarter of 2023.The commission said it took the decision at the end of its management meeting on Monday.Over the past weeks, there have been concerns that some senior police officers, including Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police , would soon be due for retirement in line with the public service rule.
The commission also said it would not extend the tenures of retiring senior police officers because it is illegal.“The Police Service Commission, the statutory government executive body with the constitutional mandate to recruit, promote, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding offices in the Nigeria Police Force, except the Inspector General of Police, wishes to assure Nigerians that there can never be any leadership vacuum in the NPF,” the statement reads.
“The commission took a decision that it will not extend the tenures of the retiring senior police officers, stressing that even when requested, it can not do so as it is against all existing laws, Police Act, Police Service Commission Act, and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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