The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed three officers for spraying tear-gas on one Mr. Ademuwagun Temitope Solomon which provoked a severe asthmatic crisis in him at Chinese town in Ojota area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, in a statement issued by the spokesman, SP Chike Oti, said the dismissed officers’ comprised an inspector and two sergeants.
The officers whose names and service numbers are: (1) 220957 Inspector Momoh Sulaiman, (2) 429659 Sgt. Emmanuel Monday and (3) 434246 Sgt. Adamu Usman were tried in an orderly room which commenced on June 9, 2018, and were found guilty as charged. They were therefore dismissed and de-kitted accordingly.
However, the dismissal proceeding of Inspector Momoh Sulaiman has been forwarded to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 for approval.
Similarly, the Command wishes to use this medium to release its half-year disciplinary record for the period spanning from January to June 2018.
The officers were tried in a properly constituted orderly room and were found guilty of various offences against discipline which earned them appropriate punishments depending on the charges against them.
The breakdown of the types of punishment awarded to deserving officers includes; Dismissal, 8, Reduction in rank, 4, Major entry,43, Severe reprimand,3, Extra fatigue,4, Warning notice, 28, Discharged and acquitted, 5, bring the total to 95 officers.
The Commissioner of Police said that this would serve as a deterrent to other police men wishing to toe the path of infamy, that the Nigeria Police under the watch of the Inspector General of Police has no room for them.
He warned all serving police officers to be professional at all times in the discharge of their duties and shun corrupt practices.
