Following the conclusion of the verification exercise by the disciplinary panel established by the Inspector General Of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over 340 police officers are set to proceed for retirement.
It was gathered that the committee had submitted its report on the overstay of some officers in the force.
Sources privy to the activities of the commission said the committee sat between last Monday and Tuesday at the Force headquarters in Abuja.
The affected officers were said to have refused to quit the force despite spending the mandated 35 years on service or getting to the age of 60.
Some of the senior officers caught in the web include a popular Assistant Inspector General of Police, two Commissioners of Police and a high-ranking police lawyer, who were all summoned by the committee.
According to the source, some of the officers converted to senior police personnel from rank and file.
They were said to have not attended the police academy.
“Over 340 officers have now proceeded on retirement. You are aware that Benneth Igweh is among them. He has handed over,” the source said.
Stating that there was still uncertainty whether the officers would be penalised, the source noted that some of those affected were supposed to have retired since 2020.
“The rule is that if you want to move up as a senior officer, you have to resign as an officer in the rank and file. But most of them did not do that. They were operating on the two levels.
“There is a retirement age for them as a constable and a retirement age for them as senior officers or commissioned officers,” the source added.
