There is no doubting the fact that the Police Service Commission (PSC) chaired by a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Parry Osayande had acted within the confines of rule of law, justice and fairness in the recent reversal of the promotion of former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu and 140 other police officers and men.

The exercise tagged Special Promotions was carried out during the tenure of Sunday Ehindero as IG under controversial circumstances. Now the commission under Osayande team has reversed the promotions.

But the exercise cannot be said to be totally without some misnomers. There is need for the commission to once more have a look at the demotion list and see which ones need to be reconsidered in the spirit of justice and fair-play. It may not be untrue that some of those that were promoted earlier by the former IG were due for promotion. A few of such officers were merely victims of an exercise that was designed to favour a few officers like Ribadu. It will not be out of place for the PSC to reconsider the matter as there were genuine cases of merited promotions as some of officers were legally due.

Take the case of Nigeria's representative at the INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon and currently one of its directors, Muhammad Abubakar Adamu. As the only African holding the office of director at the INTERPOL, Adamu had discharged his duties to the best of his ability. He was never found wanting in his work as a crack police detective over the years. Adamu was enlisted into the force in 1986. His proficiency and dedication to duty earned him the enviable post of director which is a pride, particularly the Nigeria Police and the country in general.

In consonance with his outstanding performance at INTERPOL, Adamu was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in 2003. As an upright and professional cop, Adamu was naturally due for promotion to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in 2006.

Unfortunately for Adamu, his promotion was delayed until 2007 when the controversial promotion was carried out. Ordinarily, Adamu's promotion should not have been reverted to ACP.

Feelers at the Police Force Headquarters reveal that Adamu's case in particular and several others are being packaged for submission to the PSC for review in the light of the observed anomalies. Going by his antecedents, the special promotion should have even pushed Adamu up to a Commissioner of Police. This will go a long way in rewarding hard work and commitment to duty and also restore the confidence of officers and men in the service.

Adamu is certainly not alone in this mass scape-goatism. Others include: DCP Columbus Okaro, DCP Solomon Arase and the late DCP Haz Iwendi who would have today been substantive Police Commissioners. Adamu's promotion to Police Commissioner is just at the corner if all is well with our system. In the interest of fairness and justice, good officers should not be made to suffer because of one or two bad guys. If this is allowed to be uncorrected, it will demoralise the officers in their serve to their fatherland.