ABUJA, Nigeria – The wrongful service elongation of Abdulkarim Dauda, a former Chief Personal Security Officer (CPSO) to President Muhammadu Buhari has been terminated by Police Service Commision (PSC), who claimed the action did not follow due process.
The decision was taken this week by the commission at its 13th plenary in Abuja .
In 2019 the tenure of Mr Dauda who happens to be the nephew of President Buhari was extended by three years against the 35 years stipulated by service rules.
Mr Dauda, who would have attained 35 years in service January 2020 had served in different police commands and formations before his posting to the State House as CPSO to the President .
Mr Dauda, who was enlisted into the police as a Cadet Officer on January 1, 1985, had his service in the police extended to the time the president would be exiting from office in 2023.
Ironically, the notice conveying Mr Dauda’s tenure extension was signed by the current Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali as Force Secretary.
Following the development ,Mr Dauda has been asked by the commission to immediately proceed on retirement and to refund all the salaries he had collected since 2020, the month he should have left the service.
Also briefing journalists on the development on Tuesday, the PSC Commissioner representing the media, Austin Braimoh, said Mr Dauda had written to the commission seeking promotion to the rank of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, when the illegality in his records was discovered.
“Dauda wrote to us seeking promotion to AIG and when we checked his records, we found that he obtained tenure extension which did not follow the due process. We found many illegalities in his records and cancelled his tenure extension.
“He has been asked to retire and he will also refund all the salaries he received from January 2020 till date,” he stated.
Other decisions taken at the plenary include the promotion of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Zaki Ahmed, and Johnson Kokumo to Deputy Inspectors-General of Police.
Also, six commissioners were elevated to the rank of AIG while 17 deputy commissioners were promoted to the rank of commissioner.
According to Mr Ani, the commission also approved the confirmation of 7,166 ASP11 to ASP1 and considered 24 promotion appeals relating to adjustment in promotion dates, and seniority.
