The Nigerian Police force has dismissed three of it’s officers for displinary offences.
This was made known by the Police PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday.
According to Adejobi, the policemen were found guilty of high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms.
The policemen who were caught on camera misusing their fireman, wasting live bullets, shooting in the sky in the presence of children were from the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano.
“Subsequent to complaints and findings on video evidence widely circulated on Friday 7th April, 2023, on social media of high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms against some policemen from Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano, and a follow-up orderly room trial of the affected policemen by the Force Provost Marshal, three officers from the SPU Base 1 Kano have been dismissed for the offences of discreditable conduct to with misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline, and wastage of live ammunition”
According to Adejobi, the trio, Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi and Sgt. Isah Danladi were attached to a musician in Kano on escort duties.
” In the course of their duty on Friday 7th April, 2023 at Kahutu Village, Katsina State, the officers repeatedly fired shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders; and disregarding the possible risk to the crowd at the location which included children”
“The act was not only criminal and unprofessional but also embarrassing to the Force and the nation at large” he added.
