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Police authorities order 6 CPs out of service after exceeding 60 years retirement age

Six commissioners of police who refused to retire after attaining the 60 years retirement age have been ordered to leave the service immediately.

The affected CPs have clocked between 62 and 68 years, and are still in service and are even reportedly struggling to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police.

It was gathered that police authorities have sent signal to the affected police officers and the Police Service Commission, Department of Finance and Accounts, Police Zone 7 Command, Police Academy, POLAC, Police Training Schools, Department of Training and Development, Force Criminal Investigations Department, and the Niger State Police Command

The letter sent to Police Service Commission had serial number –  No PSC/2116/111/26.

The signal titled INGENPOL/FORSEC Abuja – DTO 020749/11/2026 read, “Discharge and Retirement – INGENPOL Warns you and Directs under-listed Commissioners of Police to submit individual notices of retirement having attained Mandatory, Statutory Retirement Age of 60 years of age

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The signal named some of the affected officers expected to proceed on mandatory retirement having strained 60 years and above as CP Adamu Elleman,  CP Abdullateef Adamu, CP Titilayo Lasisi, and CP Markus Ishaku Basiran, CP Sylvester Oniye Ozoefuna

It gave the dates of Birth of the officers seperately as  05-01-1958, 28-01-1963, 17-01-1966,  25-01-1965, 02-09-1966 and 25-04-1964

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