The Police Service Commission (PSC) has denied reports that it will dismiss polie officers who fail to return to work following the EndSARS protest that turned violent.
The commission was reacting to a publication in the Punch newspaper of Saturday October 31, 2020.
“The Police Service Commission wishes to state that it did not any time say Police men who refused to get back to work will be dismissed,” it said in a statement by its spokesman Ikechukwu Ani.
“The Commission had condemned the killing of Police officers on legitimate duties and had warned that any attempt to make the country lawless will be an illwind that will blow no body any good.
“The Commission can only plead with the officers to in the spirit of nationalism return to work while Government works out enough protective programs for them
The Commission will continue to do its best to ensure the police are motivated to do its job.
“The Commission being the employers of the Police is pained that Police men were killed and stations set ablaze throughout the country.
“It will be very insensitive at this point for anyone to say that the Commission will dismiss any police man who didn’t return to work.
“The Commission is even at present mourning the deaths of it’s gallant officers who were killed in the crisis,” it added.
