Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers and the demotion of 16 others over misconduct.

The commission's spokesperson, Torty Kalu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the PSC also approved "severe reprimands" for 21 officers and "ordinary reprimands" for two others.

Three officers were exonerated, while some previously suspended officers were reinstated into the Nigeria Police Force, Mr Kalu stated.

He said the decisions were reached at the commission's plenary meeting held at its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by the commission's chairman, Hashimu Argungu, a retired deputy inspector-general of police.

The comm...