PSC Promotes Two DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 Commissioners of Police, 3,867 Others
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 followed the officers’ successful performance in promotion examinations and oral interviews conducted by the commission.
The approvals were granted at the commission’s plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday and presided over by its chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).
According to a statement by the Head of Protocol and Public Relations of the PSC, Torty Njoku Kalu, two AIGs, Olaolu Adegbite and Dankombo F. Morris, were promoted to the rank of DIG.
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 heads Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi, Benue State, previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The commission also approved the promotion 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.
Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
They are 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 categories, the commission approved the promotion of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police, 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police, 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents of Police and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents of Police.
Among those promoted from Superintendent of Police to Chief Superintendent of Police was the Federal Capital Territory Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh.
Others in the category include Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command; Abah James of the Rivers State Police 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 motivation to improve their performance and commitment to duty.
He said much was expected of them in the discharge of their responsibilities, particularly in protecting lives and property and enforcing the law.