The three policemen who fired gunshots into the air in praise of Kano State-based singer, Dauda Kahutu, popularly known as Rarara, have been dismissed from the Force.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this development in a series of tweets on Wednesday.
The Eagle Online recalls that the three policemen: Sergeant Abdullahi Badamasi, who fired a pistol, and Sergeant Isah Danladi and Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, who fired their rifles
The action was confirmed in a viral video.
Adejobi said: “Subsequent to complaints and findings on video evidence widely circulated on Friday 7th April, 2023, on social media of high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms against some policemen from Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano, and a follow-up orderly room trial of the affected policemen by the Force Provost Marshal, three officers from the SPU Base 1 Kano have been dismissed for the offences of discreditable conduct to wit misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline, and wastage of live ammunition.
“The trio, Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi were attached to a musician in Kano on escort duties.
“In the course of their duty on Friday 7th April, 2023 at Kahutu Village, Katsina State, the officers repeatedly fired shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders; and disregarding the possible risk to the crowd at the location which included children.
“The act was not only criminal and unprofessional but also embarrassing to the Force and the nation at large.”