Nine Senior Police Officers have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force for gross misconduct with immediate effect.

Their dismissal was approved by the Police Service Commission, PSC, which also approved the reduction in rank of six officers for different cases of misconduct.

According to its Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, the decisions were part of the outcome of the PSC’s fifth plenary meeting, presided over by its Chairman, Musiliu Smith.

He said the Commission also approved the punishment of severe reprimand for ten officers while one officer, Commissioner of Police, Austin Agbonlahor, was exonerated.

The Commission said one of the dismissed officers, SP Adamu Damji Abare will also be prosecuted while SP Abdul Yahaya Ahmed and another SP who also had his promotion from SP to CSP withdrawn before his dismissal.

The Commission said it has requested the IGP to provide it with information on the punishment awarded to other officers mentioned in the Police Investigation Reports involving SP. Abare with regards to irregularities in the conduct of the 2011 recruitment exercise.

Others officers dismissed are; DSP Osondu Christian, DSP Samson Ahmidu and DSP Pius Timiala who will be prosecuted and whose promotion from DSP to SP was withdrawn. Four Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASPs) were also dismissed for various wrongdoings. They are; Agatha Usman, Esther Yahaya, Idris Shehu and Usman Hassan Dass.

Those whose ranks were reduced are; Oluwatoyin Adesope and Mansir Bako were reduced in rank from SP to DSP while Gbenle Mathew; Tijani Saifullahi; Sadiq Idris and Alice Abbah were reduced from the rank of DSP to ASP.

Ani said the commission’s decisions had been conveyed to the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for implementation in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Commission, Nnamdi Mbaeri.