Four AIGs, 191 other senior police officers face disciplinary panel

FOUR Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) are among 195 senior police officers facing charges before the Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) for various cases of misconduct, DIG Suleiman Fakai, has said.

  Fakai, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Administration, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a news conference.

  He stated that 17 Commissioners of Police, two Deputy Commissioners of Police and six Assistant Commissioners of Police 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 CSPs to ASPs,” he said.

  Fakai, who chairs the committee, said one each of CP, ACP, and CSP, and two SPs, as well as eight CSPs have 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 the current police administration had in January 2012 inherited over 3,000 cases of indiscipline, but added that the cases had been reduced to the barest minimum.

  “The Force Disciplinary Committee comprises 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 had erred in the course of their duties,” he said.
  He said the committee was mandated to make appropriate recommendations to the Police Service Commission on all cases it handled.

  “This is in line with extant provisions and Force policy guiding discipline geared towards upholding professionalism, respect for rule of law and human rights among senior police officers,” Fakai said.
  The committee meets fortnightly, except in emergency situations, to consider cases of misconduct forwarded to it.

  The committee is expected to meet between July 8 and July 12 to hear disciplinary cases against the 195 senior officers appearing before it.
Source: guardiannews