PSC Promotes Over 3,800 Police Officers, Elevates Two DIGs And 10 AIGs

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 PSC plenary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, presided over by the Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (retd.).

Among the top-ranking officers elevated are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja, and AIG Dankombo F. Morris, who heads Zone 4 Police Headquarters in Makurdi. Both officers were promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police.

Adegbite holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Language from the University of Lagos and a Master’s degree in Philology from the Pushkin Institute in 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 Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Maiduguri and a Diploma in Police Science. He previously served as Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State before his current posting to Zone 4 Headquarters in Makurdi.

10 Commissioners Elevated To AIGs

The Commission also approved the promotion of 10 Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police.

They are Omosanyin Olusegun, Commissioner of Police, Administration, FCID Annex, Ikoyi, Lagos; Ogbodo Ugobueze, Commissioner of Police, Anti-Fraud, FCID Annex, Enugu; Ohagwu Felix Ndukwe, Commissioner of Police, Ondo State; Taylor Lennox Olanrewaju, AIG/ES, Nigeria Police Cooperative; and Regina Cosmas Udoette, Commissioner of Police, GI, FCID Annex, Enugu.

Others are Afolabi Wilfred Olutokunbo, Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command; Nwogoh Martin, Commissioner of Police, Airwing; Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State; Ibrahim D. Gotan, former Commissioner of Police, Osun State; and Danjuma I. Yahaya, Commissioner of Police, GI, FCID Kaduna.

17 Officers Promoted To Commissioners

Seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police were also elevated to the rank of Commissioner of Police.

The officers are Nache Bashir Liman, DC ZCID; Sirajo Lawal Salihu, DC FMIU; Ayeleye Adegboyega E., DC AHTU, FCID; Isiaka O. Salau, DC SID, Ibadan; Usman Shaik Adamu, DC CID, Jos; Aminu Maiwada Garba, DC DFA, NGS; Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, DC DFA, Yobe; and Muhammad Yusuf Adamu, DC Administration, FCID.

The list also includes Sani Adamu Nufawa, DC Inter School, Kwara State; Bello M. Adamu, DCA Zone 2; Okezie Chikezie C., DC Anti-Fraud, FCID Abuja; Aminu Usman Gusau, DC DFA, Katsina; Abiodun Onuoha, DC DFA, Oyo; Salisu Bello Fago, DC DFA, Zamfara; Adegoke A. Alani, DC CID, Delta; Wuwa Auwal Muhammad, DC Airwing; and Benedict U. Agbo, DC Forensic.

Other Ranks Benefit From Promotions

The PSC further approved the promotion of 85 Assistant Commissioners of Police to Deputy Commissioners of Police.

Among them are Dr. Ruth Oyinmearelu Okunbo, Medical Director of the MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Deidei, and the ASR Police Reference Hospital, Utako, Abuja; Isah Adejoh, Assistant Director, Liberal Studies, Police Staff College, Jos; and Mannir Yusuf Gafai of the Kano State Command.

The Commission also promoted 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.

Those promoted across the different ranks include Danjuma Ribah of the Special Fraud Unit, Lagos; Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory Command; Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, PPRO, Adamawa State Command; Isa Osu of the Border Patrol Force Headquarters, Abuja; and Samaila Amadu Bangajiya of the 12 Police Mobile Force Squadron, Minna.

In addition, the PSC approved the promotion of 3,218 officers to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Among those listed are Frank Okafor, a former Chief Security Officer at Jaiz Bank and Intelligence Coordinator at Government House, Uyo; Samson Sule, Chief Security Officer to the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Police Trust Fund; Ibrahim Abuh of the Confidential Office, Mobile Police, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Dauda Yusuf Olatunji of Force Headquarters; Sarauta Mohammed Mohammed of the Force Intelligence Department’s Intelligence Response Team; and Yusuf Mukarram Ado of the Airport Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.

PSC Chairman Charges Officers On Performance

Congratulating the newly promoted officers, PSC Chairman Argungu urged them to regard their elevation as a call to greater responsibility and improved service delivery.

He charged them to demonstrate renewed commitment to protecting lives and property, enforcing the law and fulfilling the statutory responsibilities of the Nigeria Police Force.

The chairman stressed that their new ranks came with higher expectations, urging them to justify the confidence reposed in them through professionalism, dedication and effective policing.

The promotions represent a significant personnel development within the police service, with the Commission expecting the beneficiaries to translate their elevation into improved performance and stronger service to the public.