SECURITY : NO MORAL JUSTIFICATION TO SACK ANY POLICE OFFICER WHO FAILS TO REPORT FOR DUTY . . . we are still mourning the murder of our Galant Officers across Nigeria. . . PSC.

By Mike ALADENIKA.

Trending reports on social media indicate that the Police Service Commission (PSC), the official employer of police officers in Nigeria has called on all police officer to return to their duty posts with immediate effect or face sanctions and possible dismissal.

This, reports say, has not gone down well with serving police officers who said the PSC's  position could only be seen as the height of insencitivity  by an employer whose employees have now become endangered species in the face of a national crisis.

But in a swift reaction to this, the PSC in a statement issued by  it's Head, Press and Public Relations,
Ani Ikechukwu, said "the attention of the Police Service Commission, PSC, had been drawn to a publication in the National newspaper of Saturday October 31 2020 reporting that the Police Service Commission will dismiss Police officers who fail to return to work.

The Police Service Commission wishes to state that "it did not  at any time say Police men who refused to get back to work will be dismissed."

Rather the Commission "had condemned the killing of Police officers on legitimate duties and had warned that any attempt to make the country lawless will be an illwind that will blow no body any good."

The Commission can only "plead with the officers to, in the spirit of nationalism, return to work while Government works out enough protective programmes for them"

The Commission will continue to do its best to ensure the police are motivated to do its job.

The Commission being the employers of the Police is "pained that Police men were killed and stations set ablaze throughout the country.
It will be very insensitive at this point for anyone to say that the Commission will dismiss any police man who didn't return to work."

The Commission is even at present mourning the deaths of it's gallant officers who were killed in the crisis.
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