The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has dismissed a senior officer at the level of Controller of Corrections and two other personnel.

ACC Abubakar Umar, the NCoS spokesperson, disclosed that the service had reviewed various cases of unprofessional conduct and improper behaviour among its personnel.

The misconducts include absence without leave, gross negligence of duty, trafficking illicit items and falsification of results, among other offences.

NCoS, in a statement on Thursday, explained: “In a letter by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board CDCFIB, a total of 20 personnel have been discharged and acquitted of the various offences for which they were accused, while an officer who was previously suspended was reinstated after the review exercise.

“Three personnel were compulsorily retired, 13 personnel attracted plain warning, while six had their ranks reduced. These are in line with the zero tolerance on staff misconduct, a cardinal mantra of the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, and targeted toward ridding the Service of unscrupulous elements and misfits, so as to improve professionalism as well as to entrench discipline, ethics and excellence in its officers and men.”