They are ex-Inspector EYONG VICTOR, ex-Sergeants PETER EKPO, OGUNI GOODLUCK, ORJI NWOKE, OKPE EZEKIEL and TANKO AKOR.
The operatives who were accused of being wayward were said to have stormed the Port Harcourt City Council Secretariat and prevented the movement of election results of Emouha polling unit to the appropriate collation centre designated by the Independent National Electoral Commission in disobedience to senior officers present.
Their actions were said to be contrary to the provisions of Force Order 237.
Parading the former policemen in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer, DONALD AWUNAH stated that despite strict warnings from the Inspector-General of Police that all personnel on election duty should be of good conduct and desist from escorting their principals to polling units throughout the period of the election, the unruly operatives were found blatantly breaching the directive.
He added that in the course of discreet investigations, the dismissed personnel were found to have in total disrespect to orders and directives, compromised, engaged in unprofessional acts and other unbecoming conduct.
Our correspondent reports that the dismissed policemen protested loudly against their dismissal as they were taken away in handcuffs.
