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A black Metropolitan Police officer who claimed a colleague called him a “dodgy Nigerian” lied about the case to pervert an employment grievance procedure, a gross misconduct hearing has ruled.

Detective Sergeant Nonso Anidi, 39, was sacked but is appealing the decision.

“I am a clean and honest person,” he told the Standard.

He called on the force’s watchdog to investigate conversations between senior officers ahead of his dismissal.

DS Anidi had a meeting with boss Inspector Chris Thompson, who is white, and had been challenged over overtime requests in March 2023.

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