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.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the PSC Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Njoku Kalu, said the approvals were granted during the Commission’s plenary meeting presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd).
Among the top beneficiaries are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi, both of whom were elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.
Adegbite holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and an MA in Philology from the Pushkin Institute, Moscow. He is a recipient of the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served as Director of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Morris, who hails from Gombe State, holds a BA in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State.
The Commission also approved the elevation of 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police.
They include Omosanyin Olusegun, Ogbodo Ugobueze, Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, Regina Cosmas Udoette, Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, Nwogoh Martin, Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Ibrahim D. Gotan and Danjuma I. Yahaya.
Similarly, 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police were promoted to the rank of Commissioners of Police.
The beneficiaries 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 categories, 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police were promoted to Deputy Commissioners of Police, 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police, 245 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 498 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.
The Commission also approved the promotion of 3,218 officers to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Among the officers elevated to DCP are Dr Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh of the Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.
Other notable beneficiaries include Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command, who was promoted from SP to CSP, and Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, PPRO of the Adamawa State Command, who was also elevated to the rank of CSP.
Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as a motivation to demonstrate greater commitment to their responsibilities.
He stressed that higher ranks come with increased expectations, particularly in the protection of lives and property and the enforcement of law and order.
The Chairman charged the officers to justify their new ranks through professionalism, dedication and improved service delivery.
