Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Three officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) attached to Zone 16 headquarters in Bayelsa State have been dismissed from the service over corrupt practices and other misconducts.
The dismissed officers were earlier defaulted and tried for
the offences bordering on “discreditable conduct and corrupt practice” by the
command.
The Zonal Public Relations Officer, CSP Ikwo Kelvin Lafieghe,
who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, February 16, 2024, in Yenagoa,
said that the affected personnel are: Inspector Edet Inamete, Inspector
Jeremiah Oreeke and Inspector Uche Collins.
“In a bid to rid of the Nigeria Police Force of “bad eggs”,
three (3) personnel attached to one of the tactical teams of the Zonal Command
Headquarters, Yenagoa were de-kitted on 14th February, 2024 by the Zonal
Provost, following their dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force,” the
statement read.
"The dismissed officers were earlier defaulted and tried
for the offence of discreditable conduct and corrupt practice. They were found
guilty of the charges accordingly, hence the punishment of dismissal from the
Force was upheld by the Inspector-General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun, PhD,
NPM, with effect from 18th January, 2024
“The affected persons are , AP/NO: 279374 Inspector Edet
Inamete, AP/NO: 347467 Inspector Jeremiah Oreeke and AP/NO: 334909 Inspector
Uche Collins.
“Furthermore, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in
charge of Zone 16 headquarters, Yenagoa, AIG Paul Alifa Omata, has re-iterated
his zero tolerance to all acts capable of bringing disrepute to the image of
the Force in general and the Zone in particular.”
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