Four Assistant Inspectors General of Police are among 195 senior police officers facing charges before the Force Disciplinary Committee for various cases of misconduct.
This was disclosed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration, Suleiman Fakai, on Monday.
Fakai said this 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.
He said: “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.”
Fakai, who chairs the committee, said 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 Fakai, 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 the cases had been reduced to the barest minimum.
He added: “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 had erred in the course of their duties.”
Fakai said that 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 toward upholding professionalism, respect for rule of law and human rights among senior police officers,” Fakai said.
The committee meets fortnightly, except in emergency situation, 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.
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