Ex-senior cops storm PSC over alleged abandonment, poor pay

A delegation of retired senior police officers, led by DIG Maigari Dikko, has urged the Police Service Commission (PSC) to urgently address their alleged abandonment by the relevant authorities.

The ex-officers, who were at PSC headquarters in Abuja, begged the commission to rescue them from alleged abandonment and poor retirement benefits.

The delegation comprised members of the Police College Ikeja 1986 Cadet ASP Course 14, who had come to felicitate with their own, DIG Taiwo Lakanu, who was recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu as Commissioner in the commission.

The visitors also complained that the police force they served with all their might has allegedly continued to degenerate with “our policemen now more in private homes than in the streets.”

They claimed that retired Commissioners of Police (CPs) till date receive about N73,000 as monthly pensions, while their counterparts in the military are reportedly paid upwards of N300,000, stressing that in other countries, “pension entitlements are always the same for the military and police officers,”

The ex-senior cops feared that if the situation is not quickly reversed, it would constitute a security threat.

They equally urged the Federal Government to quickly withdraw the several police officers in private homes for them to strengthen national security.

PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), who joined Lakanu to receive the team, pledged the body’s commitment to restoring the glory of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

He described the retired officers as veritable assets for nation building.

The host, DIG Lakanu, told his course mates that they have got another home with his assumption of duties at the commission.

Other members of the delegation were DIG Abdulmajid Ali, AIG U.U. Shehu Ambursa, and AIG Alapini.