Indiscipline: FDC convenes to review commissioned officers’ disciplinary cases, recommend sanctions to PSC

• As IGP set to launch e-warrant cards for standardized, upgraded identification model

The Force Disciplinary Committee (FDC) has converged on the Inspector-General of Police Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to review disciplinary cases instituted against senior police officers of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police and above in order to determine their culpability or otherwise.

According to Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the FDC which comprises the seven (7) Deputy Inspectors-General of Police as arbiters and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Force Secretary as its secretary, began its session on Tuesday 28th June, 2022 and would hold till Friday, 1st July, 2022.

Adejobi said a total of one hundred and thirty (130) Senior Police Officers from all over the country with Pending Disciplinary Matters (PDM) would appear before the Committee within this period.

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He added that the officers comprised 2 Commissioners of Police, 3 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 11 Chief Superintendents of Police, 19 Superintendents of Police, 18 Deputy Superintendents of Police, and 77 Assistant Superintendents of Police. Upon conclusion of proceedings and hearing of evidence, recommendations on each matter would be communicated to the Police Service Commission (PSC) for consideration.

Adejobi said the Inspector-General of Police had expressed confidence in the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police overseeing the Force Disciplinary Committee to ensure dispensation of justice in all causes before them.

The IGP equally promised that the Force was deliberately committed to cleaning up its house for a more professional and citizens-focused policing system.

In another development, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has announced that the Nigeria Police Force is set to launch a digital solution to ensure standardization and upgrade of the Force identification system to be known as e-Warrant Card.

The e-Warrant Card would provide seamless identification of officers all over the country as well as eliminate the possibility of criminal elements presenting fake identity cards at police stations personating themselves to be police officers.

Adejobi said the project which commenced with the approval of the IGP was being carried out by Police ICT experts attached to the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Force Headquarters, Abuja.

He said upon its launch, it would engender a full digitalization of police identification nationwide and provide a valid basis for effecting arrests with warrants in line with extant laws, and many other benefits attached to the use of such e-warrant cards.