A delegation of retired senior police officers in Nigeria has called for the intervention of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to rescue them from abandonment and poor retirement benefits.

The delegation led by DIG Maigari Dikko made the call at the PSC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

The delegation included the members of the Police College Ikeja 1986 CADET ASP Course 14.

The retired police officers, who visited the PSC office to felicitate with DIG Taiwo Lakanu who was recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu as Commissioner in the Commission, also complained that the police they served with all their might have continued to degenerate with “our policemen now more in private homes than in the streets”.

They lamented that retired Commissioners of Police till date receive about N73,000 as monthly pensions while their counterparts in the military are paid upwards of N300,000.

They stressed that in other countries “pension entitlements are always the same for the military and police officers”.

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The delegation added that this situation if not quickly reversed would constitute a serious security threat.

The retired police officers said the federal government should also quickly withdraw the several police officers in private homes and free them to help secure the nation and effectively occupy the public space.

“The PSC should intervene quickly; there are many policemen in private homes and land grabbers have continued to use them to molest and intimidate opponents, they stressed.

Speaking, the PSC Chairman, Hashimu Argungu, pledged the commitment of the commission to restore the glory of the Nigeria Police Force both serving and retired.

Argungu noted that some of the retired officers will be engaged by the PSC to serve in its Quality Assurance Unit so that they bring their experience to bear on how the commission manages the personnel of the police.

He also assured them that they would also be encouraged to enjoy the benefits of having their children recruited into the police either through the Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State, or through direct recruitment.

The Star