PSC clarifies court judgment on 190 officers, says no reinstatement ordered

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has clarified that the caller judgement of the National Industrial Court did not bid the reinstatement of 197 elder constabulary officers who were compulsorily retired earlier this twelvemonth implicit discrepancies successful work records.

In a connection signed by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission said it is presently studying the judgement delivered by Justice R.B. Haastrup connected September 30, 2025, and whitethorn workout its close to entreaty aft owed consideration.

According to the PSC, “nothing successful the judgement specifically orders the reinstatement of the officers arsenic alleged by a conception of the media.”

The connection titled “Re: Judgment of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria successful ACP Chinedu and Ors vs Police Service Commission and Ors (Suit No. NICN/ABJ/28/2025)” cautioned the nationalist against misinformation, particularly reports suggesting that the tribunal ordered the reinstatement of officers specified arsenic AIG Idowu Owohunwa, CP Benneth Igweh, and DCP Simon Lough (SAN).

It explained that portion the tribunal made respective declarations affirming that the officers’ archetypal appointments arsenic Cadet ASPs should not beryllium reviewed oregon merged with erstwhile service, it did not contented immoderate circumstantial reinstatement directive.

Part of the court’s declaration stated that members of Cadet ASP Courses 18, 19, and 20 who person not reached 60 years of property oregon completed 35 years of work are exempted from the Commission’s earlier status directive of January 31, 2025.

However, the PSC emphasized that the lawsuit filed by the 3 elder officers mentioned successful media reports — AIG Owohunwa, AIG Igweh, and DCP Lough — is simply a abstracted suit (NICN/ABJ/88/2025) that remains pending earlier the aforesaid court.

“The Commission is simply a liable enactment guided by the rule of obedience to the regularisation of law,” the connection read. “We volition not bash thing to disparage the sanctity of the judiciary, but we indispensable besides enactment wrong the bounds of owed process.”

Ani reaffirmed that the Commission is reviewing the judgement to find due ineligible and administrative steps, including a imaginable appeal.

The PSC reiterated its committedness to transparency, fairness, and adherence to judicial processes successful managing unit matters wrong the Nigeria Police Force.

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