Five wrongfully sacked police officers seek Akpabio’s intervention after 20 years

Five constabulary officers from Akwa Ibom State, wrongfully dismissed from work since 2007, person made a passionate entreaty to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Aniekan Bassey and different National Assembly members from the State.

They are seeking their reinstatement and outgo of arrears of salaries, arsenic good arsenic different sundry allowances from 2007 to date.

The tribunal had ordered their reinstatement since 2019.

The officers, including Sunday Okon, Anthony Ebong, Joseph Ede, Victor Ebe and Uduak Sampson, who were duly employed successful 2003 into the Nigeria Police Force, were sacked successful 2007 connected grounds of being illiterates.

According to the petition made disposable to our analogous successful Uyo, the quintet were recruited into the unit arsenic specialists aft undergoing constabulary grooming and recovered worthy successful character, carnal fittingness and education.

Following the termination of their appointments, they were forced to resistance the NPF and Police Service Commission, PSC, to National Industrial Court successful suit No. NICN/UY/...