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The Police have said that subsequent to complaints and findings on video evidence widely circulated last Friday April 7, 2023, three of its personnel have been tried, found guilty and dismissed.
The incident as seen on social media, according to the police depicted high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms against some policemen from Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer who disclosed their dismissal in a press statement on Thursday, said that based on the follow-up orderly room trial of the affected policemen by the Force Provost Marshal, “three officers from the SPU Base 1 Kano have been dismissed for the offences of discreditable conduct to wit misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline, and wastage of live ammunition.
“The trio, Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi were attached to a musician in Kano on escort duties.
“In the course of their duty on Friday 7th April, 2023 at Kahutu Village, Katsina State, the officers repeatedly fired shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders; and disregarding the possible risk to the crowd at the location which included children.
“The act was not only criminal and unprofessional but also embarrassing to the Force and the nation at large,” Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police added…
