THE Police Service Commission has approved the retirement of 21 Assis­tant Inspectors-General of Police who were senior to the new acting IG, Idris Ibrahim, before his appointment.

With this retrenchment, majority of the experienced officers in the Force may have been swept off.

The affected AIGs include, Umaru Manko; Lawal Tanko; Olufemi Ad­enike; Johnson Ogunsakin; Adenrele Shinaba; James Caulcrick; Olu­femi Ogunbayode; Edgar Nanaku­mo; Kalafite Adeyemi; Patrick Doku­mor; Joseph Mbu and Sabo Ringim.

Also affected were Bala Hassan; Yahaya Ardo; Irmiya Yarima; Danladi Mshebwala; Tambari Mohammed ; Bala Magaji Nasarawa; Musa Abdul­salam; Adisa Bolanta and Mohammed Gana.

A statement on Friday in Abuja by the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said the Chair­man of the Commission, Mike Okiro “congratulated the affected officers on their meritorious service to the nation and wished them well in their new en­deavours.”