The PSC said the sacked officers included a Chief Superintendent of Police, one Superintendent of Police, and five Assistant Superintendents of Police. It added that one SP was retired in the public interest.
The commission also reduced the ranks of a CSP to SP, three SPs to DSPs, two DSPs to ASPs, and four ASPs to Inspectors.
On December 22, 2022, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Berde, disclosed that his command dismissed seven police officers for fragrant abuse of police standard practice.
The NPF, on April 13, 2023, dismissed three senior policemen over misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline, and wastage of live ammunition.
The dismissed officers include Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sergeants Abdullahi Badamasi, and Isah Danladi – formerly attached to a Kano musician as escorts caught on video shooting into the air.
The Delta State Police Command, on April 19, 2023, dismissed Inspector Ubi Ebri for allegedly killing a 26-year-old man, Onyeka Ibe, along Ugbolu-Illah Road in Asaba for allegedly refusing to give a bribe of N100.