By Ebinum Samuel
No fewer than 15 police officers recently retired by the Police Service Commission, PSC, over “date of appointment” have debunked some misleading media reports alleging that they were sacked over corruption and falsification of age.
Rising from a meeting held at the nation’s capital, Abuja, some of the affected police officers retired compulsorily last month by PSC said the issue the authority claimed to have retired them for is strictly on their date of appointment.
One of the aggrieved retirees who pleaded anonymity, said: “The truth about our case ( Courses 18,19 and 20) is all about when we ought to be due for retirement from the Force as Force Entrants. It has nothing to do with corruption or falsification of age!”
Speaking further, he disclosed that their grievances are all about Policy somersault by the same PSC that in 2017 ordered the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to implement an Appeal Court ruling on the case of date of appointment.
“To our dismay, some reporters, in their unverified reports have tarnished our image by alleging that we were sacked over corruption,” said the retiree.
Speaking in a similar vein, a retired Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who also pleaded anonymity, enjoined reporters to cross-check facts before rushing to publish their stories.
According to him, such unverified reports have done a lot of damage to several families.
He stressed: “The issue we had with PSC has been clarified by the Appeal Court in 2017. We believe that PSC is not the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”
