The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of more than 3,800 senior police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), 10 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 17 Commissioners of Police (CPs).
The promotions were approved during the commission’s plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, following the officers’ successful participation in promotion examinations and oral interviews.
A statement issued by the PSC Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu, said the meeting was presided over by the commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).
According to the statement, the two officers elevated to the rank of DIG are Olaolu Adegbite and Dankombo F. Morris.
Adegbite, who heads the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Morris, who is currently in charge of Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi, Benue State, also served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The commission further approved the elevation of 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of AIG. They are Omosanyin Olusegun, Ogbodo Ugobueze, Ohagwu Ndukwe, Taylor Olanrewaju, Regina Udoette, Afolabi Olutokunbo, Nwogoh Martin, Shetima Mohammed, Ibrahim Gotan and Danjuma Iyahaya.
Also promoted were 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police, who were elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
The officers include Nache Bashir Liman, Sirajo Lawal Salihu, Ayeleye Adegboyega E., Isiaka O. Salau, Usman Shaik Adamu, Aminu Maiwada Garba, Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, Sani Adamu Nufawa, Bello M. Adamu, Okezie Chikezie C., Aminu Usman Gusau, Abiodun Onuoha, Salisu Bello Fago, Adegoke A. Alani, Wuwa Auwal Muhammad and Benedict U. Agbo.
In other promotion categories, the PSC approved the elevation of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police and 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police.
The commission also promoted 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents of Police, while 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police were elevated to the rank of Superintendent of Police.
Among the officers promoted from Superintendent of Police to Chief Superintendent of Police is the Federal Capital Territory Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh.
Other officers in the category include Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police Command; Abah James of Rivers State Command; Okere Romanus, Divisional Police Officer of Isiowulu Division in Anambra State; and Ugochukwu Ozoude Alex, Officer-in-Charge of the Monitoring Unit at Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia.
The commission also approved the promotion of 3,218 Assistant Superintendents of Police to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as an opportunity to improve their performance and commitment to duty.
He said the officers were expected to demonstrate greater responsibility in carrying out their assignments, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.
The promotions represent a major personnel advancement across several senior ranks of the Nigeria Police Force, with the commission expecting the beneficiaries to justify their new positions through improved service delivery.
