9 police officers planning strike arrested, dismissed

IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of no fewer than nine policemen planning to spearhead a strike by the Nigerian police.

Reports in March revealed how the police authorities panicked and took some quick fix measure when the news spread the rank and file of the police force wanted to down tools for lack of weapons, uniforms, motivation.

Nine of the officers hatching the plan were later arrested.

Among them are two Inspectors, five Sergeants and two Police Constables.

Their sack was conveyed through a police message signed by the Commissioner of Police Provost, Force headquarters, Abuja on April 4.

The police wireless message said the men were dismissed following their orderly room trial “for planning and coordinating a strike within the ranks and file of the police.”

They were reportedly identified and subsequently arrested after their telephone calls were tracked.

The dismissed policemen were identified as: AP/ NP 287568 – Insp Amos Nagurah; AP/No. 245800 – Insp Nanoll Lamak; F/No. 495378 – Sgt Emmanuel Isah; F/No. 442680 – Sgt Franklin Agughalu; F/No. 508168 – Sgt Adesina Ismail; F/No. 271367 – Sgt Onoja Onuche; F/No. 508282 – Sgt Osoteku Ademola; F/No. 525839 – Police Constable Ehighamhen Favour Ebele and F/No. 528222 – Police Constable Ubong Inem.

They were sacked for alleged “discreditable conduct, improper conduct, breach of confidence, to wit: planning, organising, coordinating industrial strike within the ranks of the Nigeria Police Force.”

As a result, the signal addressed to all police commands said, “the Inspector-General has approved their dismissal from service.”

Commissioners of police commands and formations concerned were asked to de-kit the men and eject them from the police accommodation and facilities and to “delete subjects from IPPIS payroll immediately.