PSC Cracks Down on Crowd Renting, Protests at HQ

PSC Cracks Down on Crowd Renting, Protests at HQ

By prince Benson Davies

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has issued a stern warning against crowd renting and protests at its corporate headquarters in Jabi, Abuja. The PSC emphasized that it will not tolerate such actions and insisted that aggrieved parties must follow due process.

The Commission says aggrieved individuals or groups with genuine cases of Police abuse should feel free to submit petitions, which would be treated and given the required attention.

Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd mni, was reacting after an obviously rented crowd besieged its Corporate headquarters to demand for the setting up of a Special Investigation Panel (SIP) within 48 hours to investigate a case of criminal conspiracy, abuse of Office, robbery, terrorism… by the DPO Shendam, Plateau State and the DCO.

The Commission noted that the aggrived party has the right and freedom to submit its petitions but not to rent a crowd to magnify the allegations.

The PSC Chairman said the Commission will not be intimidated by crowd renting and will subsequently not tolerate such abuse of privilege.

DIG Argungu said the Commission’s headquarters is not an arena for demonstrations and advised that they should endeavour to follow laid down rules and regulations in the pursuit of their grievances. He advised that the aggrived party should also have reported the matter to the state Commissioner of Police before besieging its office with card carrying demonstrators.

The group had alleged that on the 22nd and 23rd of October, 2025 some hoodlums backed by “the Nigeria Police Force, I.e the DPO of Shendam, Bashiru Maisule, DCO, Jacob Ogbolu and almost 100 Policemen…..disrupted our peace, robbed us and destroyed our houses”

The Commission has, however, officially written and directed the DPO, DCO and other officers of Shendam Police Division mentioned in the petition to respond to the weighty allegations.

The Chairman said the Commission will get to the root of the matter and ensure that justice prevails at the end of the day.