The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said pointedly that it would not force the security personnel to return to work after the recent attack on them and their facilities.
While denying a report that the Commission would dismiss any police officer who fails to return to work, its spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani, said the agency had condemned the killing of security personnel on legitimate duties and had warned that any attempt to make the country lawless will be an ill-wind that will blow nobody any good.
In an official statement, Ani said 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.
He said: “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 Policemen 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 policeman who didn’t return to work.
The Commission is even at present mourning the deaths of its gallant officers who were killed in the crisis,” he concluded. – PRNigeria
