{"id":93714,"date":"2022-04-06T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93714"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:56:01","slug":"igp-dismisses-nine-policemen-for-spearheading-planned-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/igp-dismisses-nine-policemen-for-spearheading-planned-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP dismisses nine policemen for spearheading planned strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">THE Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen for allegedly spearheading a planned strike by members of the Nigeria Police over poor conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>Those affected are two inspectors, five sergeants and two constables.<\/p>\n<p>A police signal issued by the Commissioner of Police Provost, Force headquarters, Abuja, said the men were dismissed from service following their orderly room trial for planning and coordinating a strike within the ranks and file of the police.<\/p>\n<p>The offenders were said to have been identified and subsequently arrested after their telephone calls were tracked.<\/p>\n<p>The wireless message which was addressed to various state police commands read, \u201cBe informed that following the conclusion of the orderly room proceedings of the under mentioned inspectors, rank and file for the offences of discreditable conduct, improper conduct, breach of confidence, to wit: planning, organising, coordinating industrial strike within the ranks of the Nigeria Police Force; the Inspector-General has approved the dismissal from service of the following: AP\/No. 245800 \u2013 Insp Nanoll Lamak; AP\/ NP 287568 \u2013 Insp Amos Nagurah; F\/No. 271367 \u2013 Sgt Onoja Onuche; F\/No. 442680 \u2013 Sgt Franklin Agughalau; F\/No. 495378 \u2013 Sgt Emmanuel Isah F\/No. 508168 \u2013 Sgt Adesina Ismail; F\/No. 508282 \u2013 Sgt Osoteku Ademola; F\/No. 525839 \u2013 Police Constable Ehighamhen Favour Ebele and F\/No. 528222 \u2013 Police Constable Ubong Inem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommissioners of police commands and formations concerned are to warn the men accordingly, to de-kit them and eject them from the police accommodation and facilities where applicable and revert accordingly; delete subjects from IPPIS payroll immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commissioner, welfare to delete subjects from police nominal roll accordingly. Treat as very important.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe IG had been shaken by reports that his men were planning to embark on strike a few weeks ago over poor remuneration.<\/p>\n<p>To forestall the plot, he dispatched members of the management team to different commands and zonal formations to pacify the police personnel while promising to accelerate the payment of the 20 per cent increase in salary approved by the Federal Government last December.<\/p>\n<p>The acting force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, who had denied reports that the police were planning to embark on strike, did not respond to the sacking of the cops when contacted on Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen for allegedly spearheading a planned strike by members of the Nigeria Police over poor conditions of service.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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