ABUJA – 467 Nigeria Police officers have been found guilty of age falsification and bypassing service regulations – a scandal that has rocked the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The officers implicated include high-profile names such as Simon Lough, SAN, and Benneth Igweh. The list, obtained by SaharaReporters, highlights widespread irregularities across various Force Entrants Cadet courses spanning decades.
The breakdown of the implicated officers is as follows:
- Force Entrants Cadet Inspectors Course 36/2002: 15 officers
- Course 35/2000: 33 officers
- Course 34/1996: 12 officers
- Course 4/1994 (now Course 33): 24 officers
- Force Entrants Cadet ASP Course 21/2002: 14 officers
- Course 20/2000: 48 officers
- Course 19/1996: 34 officers
- Course 18/1994: 11 officers
- Course 25/2012: 1 officer
- Course 31/1990: 15 officers
- Course 1/1988: 7 officers
- Force Entrants Cadet ASP Course 26/2012: 5 officers
- Course 37/2005: 8 officers
- Course 39/2009: 2 officers
- Force Entrants Cadet ASP Course 1/2010: 5 officers
- Course 3/1992: 14 officers
- Force Entrants Cadet ASP Promotion Course 1/2003 (PSC Jos): 209 officers
- A final list of 10 officers
This follows an earlier report, which revealed that numerous police officers were implicated in forgery, falsification, and circumvention of service regulations.
Sources confirmed to that the number of implicated officers is in the hundreds, although some have discreetly retired to avoid disciplinary action.
The revelation has raised serious concerns about accountability and integrity within the Nigeria Police Force, with many calling for a thorough investigation to address the matter.
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