POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION ASKS POLICE OFFICERS DUE FOR RETIREMENT TO EXIT SERVICE

Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the Police Service Commission, PSC, says police officers due for retirement must exit the service. In a statement on Tuesday, PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission will not extend the tenures of the retiring senior police officers. According to him, all existing laws, the Police Act, PSC Act and the constitution of Nigeria ban the Commission from elongating the tenure of retiring senior police officers.

Ani noted that there is an institutional succession plan in the Nigeria Police Force, especially with the current injection of Constables and Assistant Superintends of Police, ASPs, from the Police Academy every year.

He stated that the ongoing campaign for the extension of the tenures of some Deputy Inspectors General, DIGs, Assistant Inspectors General, AIGs, Commissioners, CPs and other senior police officers is unnecessary. The PSC spokesman described it as an affront to all existing laws in the country guiding entry and exit in the public service.