The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed 10 officers for offences ranging from from murder, excessive use of force, negligence, and corrupt practices.
This followed their orderly room trial.
They were tried alongside 71 other personnel for offences committed between 2019 and 2020.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Lagos command kicks against indiscipline, dismisses 10 personnel’.
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The statement issued on Wednesday further disclosed that some of the dismissed officers were attached to Lagos State Police Command while others were serving at various police formations within the State.
The statement read in part: “In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried 81 personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive use of power, corrupt practices and negligence.
“Ten personnel were dismissed. In addition, eighteen 18 of the men were reduced in ranks and 29 were awarded #10 naira major entries and warning letters accordingly. Others were awarded extra fatigue while 16 of the men were discharged and acquitted for want of evidence.
“The personnel tried in the orderly room proceedings conducted at various locations in Lagos State included 45 Inspectors. Similarly, some senior officers of the command have been queried for various disciplinary offences and the queries are being processed at the Force Headquarters Abuja for necessary action and punishments.
“The trials were instituted based on a series of complaints/allegations leveled against them.”
The statement quoted the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, as saying steps are being taken to sanitise its workforce.
