IG reinstates dismissed Kano officers

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IG reinstates dismissed Kano officers

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has authorised the reinstatement of three police officers – Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu and Sergeants Abdullahi Badamasi and Isah Danladi, attached to the Special Protected Unit Base 1, Kano State Police Command, who were dismissed for misuse of firearms.

Baba also ordered the immediate demobilisation of the reinstated officers from the northern part of Nigeria, while ordering their swift transfer to the South.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adéjọbí, revealed that the officers had earlier appealed their dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force.

The PUNCH in April reported that the officers, formerly attached to a Kano-based musician, Dauda Rarara, were captured in a viral video repeatedly firing shots from their firearms into the air amidst a crowd of civilians, including children and women.

Shuaibu, Badamasi, and Danladi were subsequently arrested, subjected to an orderly room trial and dismissed on April 13 on the orders of the IG and the Police Service Commission.

However, a document emanating from the office of the IG, with number: AH: 6790/FPM/ FHQ/ABJ/VOL, dated May 25, which was sighted by our correspondent, revealed the IG’s approval of their reinstatement into the Nigeria Police Force.

The document, signed by CP Shawulu Danmamman, in charge of Discipline and Reinstatement at the Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, showed that the approval took effect on May 18, 2023.

The document read, “The Inspector-General of Police has graciously considered the appeal against the dismissal of the above-named appellants and subsequently approved their reinstatement without salary arrears with effect from May 18, 2023.

“They have, however, been awarded the punishment of severe reprimand. You are to document, rekit, and restore their salary/emoluments.”

Responding to an inquiry by our correspondent concerning the development, the FPRO said he was unaware of their reinstatement.

“But I am aware that they appealed the orderly room judgment of their dismissal, which is normal and allowed according to police regulations. But I don’t know the outcome of the appeal yet,” he added.