191 Senior Officers And 4 AIGs On Police Trial For Misconduct
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Four Assistant Inspectors- General of Police (AIGs) are among 195 senior police officers currently facing charges before the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) for cases of professional misconduct.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Suleiman Fakai, in charge of Administration, disclosed this, yesterday, during a news conference where he stated that 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs), two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and six Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) would also appear before the committee.
“We have a total of 195 officers appearing before us for various cases of indiscipline. We have four AIGs here to face us, 17 CPs, two DCPs, six ACPs and the remaining are from Chief Superintendent of Police (CSPs) to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASPs), Fakai said.
The DIG, who heads the committee, disclosed that one each of CP, ACP, and CSP, and two SPs as well as eight CSPs had been dismissed for serious cases of misconduct in the last one year.
According to him, two CSPs, one SP and 13 ASPS were compulsorily retired, also for misconduct, while a DCP, three CSPs, seven SP, a DSP and 10 ASPs were demoted during the period.
Fakai said that the current police administration had in January 2012 inherited over 3,000 cases of indiscipline, but added that all the cases had been treated.
“The Force Disciplinary Committee comprise of all the Deputy Inspectors General of Police and the Force Secretary who serves as its secretary. The committee essentially reviews disciplinary matters involving officers from the rank of ASP and above who may have erred in the course of their duties,” he said.
Fakai also said that the committee was mandated to make appropriate recommendations to the IGP and the Police Service Commission (PSC) on all cases it handled.
“This is in line with extant provisions and Force policy guiding discipline geared toward upholding professionalism, respect for rule of law and human rights among senior police officers,’’ Fakai said.
