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Police confirms dismissal of 150 officers over corruption, scandalous conduct
Monday April 26 2021
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The long awaited dismissal of police officers accused of consistently engaging in corrupt and indiscipline tendencies has come to an end after the Force confirmed dismissing 153 of its personnel.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech revealed in March that more than 100 police officers were to be expelled from police force for continuously involving themselves in corruption as well as indiscipline activities.
Police council, appointments committee and police authority have with effect from April 26, dismissed and discharged 153 police officers in the lower and senior category. Although majority have been dismissed over corruption, others have been relieved of their policing duties on allegations of discrediting police force and behaving scandalously.
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Mr Yunana Y. Babas, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 8 Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, is dead, The Street Jornal has learnt.
According to close sources, the senior officer died in the early hours of Thursday, January 14, 2020, after suffering complications allegedly linked to COVID-19.
Until his death, he headed the zone 8 police division situated in Lokoja.
AIG Babas was lifted from the rank of Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police in November 2019 by the current IGP, Adamu Mohammed, mni.
Similarly, sources with the force revealed that the deceased AIG was being tapped among AIG Dan Bature, AIG DFA FHQ; AIG Hyelasinda Kimo Musa; AIG PMF; AIG Dan Mallam Mohammed, AIG SPU; AIG Mua’zu Zubairu Halilu, AIG CTU; AIG Rabiu Yusuf – AIG ICT and others as possible replacements for IGP Adamu whose tenure is set to expire in February 2021, after 35 years in active service.
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The House of Representatives is considering a series of amendments to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, including setting a limit to the duration a person can act as chairman of the commission.
The House is also considering expanding the scope of qualifications for the chairmanship of the EFCC.
At the plenary on Tuesday, the House had consolidated four bills by different sponsors seeking to amend the EFCC Act.
In the bill sponsored by Mr Tajudeen Yusuf, apart from setting a time-frame for acting chairmanship, it is also being proposed that the EFCC retains a percentage of funds recovered its recoveries.