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Elections: All Police Officers Due For Retirement Must Proceed – PSC

According to the Police Service Commission (PSC), police personnel who are eligible for retirement must leave the force before the president...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief January 24, 2023
Updated January 24, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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Elections: All Police Officers Due For Retirement Must Proceed – PSC

According to the Police Service Commission (PSC), police personnel who are eligible for retirement must leave the force before the presidential election on February 25.

Ikechukwu Ani, a spokesman for the PSC, said in a statement on Tuesday that the commission would not extend the contracts of the top police officers who are retiring.

He claims that the Police Act, PSC Act, and the Nigerian constitution prohibit the Commission from extending the tenure of top police officers who are retiring.

“The Commission took a decision that it will not extend the tenures of the retiring senior police officers, stressing that even when requested, it cannot do so as it is against all existing laws, Police Act, Police Service Commission Act and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Ani said.

He assured Nigerians that there is an institutional succession plan in the Nigeria Police Force, especially with the current injection of 10,000 Constables and several other thousands of cadet Assistant Superintends of Police (ASPs) from the Police Academy every year.

Following a management meeting on Monday, Ani stated 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.

He described it as an affront to all existing laws in the country guiding entry and exit into the public service.

“The Commission assured Nigerians that there will be no vacuum in the hierarchy of the Police with the touted retirement of hundreds of senior police officers.

“It took a decision to rigidly uphold the provisions of the law which stipulates that a serving public Officer, whether in the Police or in any other government agency, must exit the service at the age of 60 or having served for a period of 35 years.

“The Commission said it would not encourage the subversion of the laws guiding entry and exit into the Nigeria Public Service, adding that the retiring senior Police Officers are not indispensable and that their exit would not in any way or manner affect the success of the 2023 general election,” he added.

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