PSC APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF SIX NEW DEPUTY INSPECTORS-GENERAL OF POLICE

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six new Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), according to a statement released by the commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday.

The newly appointed DIGs include Sadiq Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy, Wudil, Kano; Benjamin Okolo, former AIG, Zone 16, Yenagoa and presently AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; and Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos. Others are Bzigu Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu; Idegwu Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Katsina; and Adebola Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa and former Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command.

DIG Argungu charged the new DIGs to give the Inspector-General of Police the required support and cooperation to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force would be in a good position to secure the Nigerian space and ensure that law and order are maintained. “Give the Inspector-General of Police the required support and cooperation to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force would be in a good position to secure the Nigerian space and ensure that law and order are maintained,” DIG Argungu said.