Staff of the Police Service Commission have taken their protest to the National Assembly, calling for a halt to the interference in its powers and functions by the Nigerian Police.
The protesters stormed the National Assembly in Abuja, carrying placards of various inscriptions to draw the attention of relevant authorities to the plight of the commission.
According to them, the core mandate of the Police Service Commission (PSC), which is recruitment, promotion and discipline of Police officers has been usurped by the Police force with the aid of current Chairman and former Inspector General of Police Musiliu Smith.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Civil Service Commission, PSC Unit, Adebayo Anthony and his Vice Chairman Mbanugo Nnedinma said although the Union took the matter to both the high court and to the Appeal courts where it got a favourable judgement, the police had continued to disregard the court judgements.
