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- Some prime officers on the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have been relieved of their jobs
- Based on stories making the rounds within the polity on Thursday, the federal authorities dismissed 4 prime officers of jail service over gross misconduct
- The NCoS spokesperson, Abubakar Umar, made this recognized to newsmen on Thursday by way of an announcement and shared additional particulars
TheTalk.NG journalist Esther Odili has over two years of expertise overlaying political events and actions.
The federal authorities led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dismissed three personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), together with a Controller of Corrections.
Personnel of the Nigerian correctional service. Picture for illustration goal.
Photograph credit score: Nigerian correctional serviceSource: Fb
Why the NCoS officers have been sacked
As reported by Daily Trust, the officers have been dismissed for varied misconducts resembling gross negligence of obligation, absence with out depart, trafficking in illicit objects, basic inefficiency and falsification of outcomes, amongst others.
The NCoS spokesperson, Abubakar Umar, disclosed this to the press in an announcement on Thursday, June 27.
Correctional Service dismisses 3 personnel, sanction others
Based on the assertion, the step was taken to keep up a excessive normal of self-discipline and professionalism within the Service, The Nigerian Tribune reported.
The identify of the dismissed controller was nonetheless not disclosed. Nevertheless, Each day Belief gathered that in a letter issued by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Hearth, and Immigration Companies Board (CDCFIB), a complete of 20 personnel have been discharged and acquitted of the assorted offences they have been accused of whereas one officer who was beforehand suspended was reinstated after the assessment train.
Additionally, three personnel have been compulsorily retired, six personnel had their ranks decreased, and 13 personnel attracted both verbal or plain warnings, The Guardian reported.
“These sanctions are according to the zero tolerance on employees misconducts, a cardinal mantra of the Controller Normal of Corrections, Haliru Nababa FICMC, MFR, mni, and focused in direction of ridding the Service of unscrupulous parts and misfits, in order to enhance professionalism in addition to to entrench self-discipline, ethics and excellence in its officers and males,” Umar said.
Police dismiss constables for extortion
In the meantime, TheTalk.NG reported that the Nigerian police terminated the providers of two particular constables who have been recorded on video soliciting cash from a Dutch motorcyclist in November 2023.
Jimoh Lukmon and Kareem Fatai have been on obligation alongside the Moniya-Iseyin street in Oyo state after they have been captured in a viral video asking for cash from the vacationer, who knowledgeable them of her journey to Abuja.
On Thursday, December 21, at a ceremony within the state police headquarters, Commissioner of Police Hamzat Adebola introduced their dismissal, they usually have been promptly faraway from their positions.
Supply: TheTalk.NG
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